Pick by Light – Put to Light – Pick by Voice - Picking Cart
Individual products, high quality and short times of delivery – our customers‘ demands are constantly growing. The more important it is for a company that stockkeeping is optimal within the chain of production.
Particularly with regards to internet commerce with its short times of delivery and individual orders, many warehouses cannot be operated fully automatic. Using human labour is often more efficient and flexible.
Even in production, ensuring the quick and reliable supply of material is becoming more and more important due to the growing variety of product variants. But wherever human beings are at work, they make mistakes – incorrect pickings, counting errors, mix-ups or inventory corrections are not carried out. The costs resulting from incorrect delivery, costly verification, missing or wrong parts in the production process must not be underestimated.
Particularly with regards to internet commerce with its short times of delivery and individual orders, many warehouses cannot be operated fully automatic. Using human labour is often more efficient and flexible.
Even in production, ensuring the quick and reliable supply of material is becoming more and more important due to the growing variety of product variants. But wherever human beings are at work, they make mistakes – incorrect pickings, counting errors, mix-ups or inventory corrections are not carried out. The costs resulting from incorrect delivery, costly verification, missing or wrong parts in the production process must not be underestimated.
Possible application options for paperless picking:
Pallet warehouses, continuous flow and compartment racks, deep-freeze appliances, incoming and outgoing goods, processing of returned goods, stock-taking, quality control, special handling areas, assembly stations
Pick by Light
Free hands for picking
Application:
The warehouse employee can definitely identify the compartment and the quantity that he has to pick. After picking the goods, he presses the OK button and the display goes out. The change is immediately entered into the merchandise information system, depending on the equipment of the display, quantity correction and inventory support are possible too.
The warehouse employee can definitely identify the compartment and the quantity that he has to pick. After picking the goods, he presses the OK button and the display goes out. The change is immediately entered into the merchandise information system, depending on the equipment of the display, quantity correction and inventory support are possible too.
Put to Light
Stationary distribution of goods (branch distribution)The items to be picked are now taken to the employee one after the other, e.g. by means of an automatic conveyor or in case of two-step picking by means of a picking cart.
After the item has been identified (barcode reader or RFID), the shelf displays on the target containers (customer, branches) light up and indicate the ordered item quantity. The employee puts the displayed quantity into the corresponding target container and acknowledges this at the shelf display. This technology is often used for branch distributions or as the second step in multi-step picking.
Pick by Voice
Voice-operated picking systems
In numerous logistic scenarios, it is advantageous if the picker has his hands free and does not have to carry a pick list around, particularly in warehouses where long distances have to be covered or when picking goods that have to be picked up with both hands. In contrast to customary picking with receipts or RF terminal, the natural work flow is not interrupted when using the PickTerm Voice system: The pickers have their hands and eyes free for their work. Earphones and microphone replace the classical RF terminal. Thanks to the increased freedom of action, the order picking process becomes more efficient. Keyboard entries, watching the display and reading the list – all these steps are rendered superfluous when using the PickTerm Voice system. The operator can concentrate entirely on his job.
Material supply
Intervention monitoring by means of sensorIn order to eliminate the risk of incorrect picks we have developed the PickTerm Sentinel procedure. With this method, each warehouse compartment is equipped with a system monitoring the picks. The sensor of this monitoring system is located directly above the warehouse compartment and assigned to a shelf display.
The software checks whether or not the operator may reach into the corresponding warehouse compartment. In case of mistake, the operator is informed visually and acoustically. Since the sensor also detects the correct intervention, the keystroke otherwise required for confirmation becomes superfluous.
Picking Cart
Pick by Light also available for mobile use
With stationary applications, e.g. continuous flow racks, the Pick by Light principle has proven a success. As an innovation, this system is now also available on a picking cart. Big advantage: When several picking orders are to be processed paperless at the same time, the Picking Cart saves time and reduces the distances covered. The operators can thus commission up to 40 orders simultaneously – always guided by the LED displays.
Equipment:
The individual levels or container positions on the cart are equipped with a carrier profile onto which the desired number of display and control elements can be mounted. The carts are equipped with a battery-powered radio set that communicates with the central inventory management computer or another overlaying control unit.
The individual levels or container positions on the cart are equipped with a carrier profile onto which the desired number of display and control elements can be mounted. The carts are equipped with a battery-powered radio set that communicates with the central inventory management computer or another overlaying control unit.