Over the last decade warehouse activities have come under the microscope when analysing company profitability and cutting unnecessary costs. With over 50% of running costs residing in the pick function of a warehouse, having an appropriate pick strategy and technology will ensure faster deliveries, fewer errors and ultimately more satisfied customers.
With the emphasis on making the warehouse as efficient as possible, implementing automated picking technologies to streamline processes will be vital for businesses in the coming years.
Technology has given us some excellent options for automated warehouse picking, increasing accuracy, productivity and flexibility.
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Let's TalkPerson to Goods item picking is accomplished by directing staff to varying locations within the warehouse for order fulfilment. Whilst person-to-goods is a more traditional approach, when combined with Breathe’s software suite can offer solutions to help increase productivity, optimise space, ensure faster fulfilment, improve accuracy and deliver higher customer service levels, whilst utilising this method.
Voice-directed picking is a voice-operated, paperless picking system, which can help accuracy and efficiency whilst also assisting manual processes.
RF-directed picking is again a paperless system that utilises mobile radio terminals. These radio terminals have user interfaces that show employees the shortest routes for order processing. This method often adds speed and accuracy to low-volume picking processes.
Pick-to-Light systems use light displays to direct operators to specific stock locations, often with the benefits of maximising order picking by boosting accuracy and productivity.
Lightweight handheld ergonomic scanning devices like those from our partner ProGlove offer efficient flow of information enabling hands-free user. Find out more about ProGlove.
Intelligently manage the flow of work through your fulfilment centre, whilst eliminating the risk of completely replacing legacy systems. Breathe’s tailored warehouse execution software will enable our clients to deploy solutions for today’s changing environment.
Goods to Person (GTP) picking ensures items are automatically retrieved, conveyed and delivered to a workstation, where they are then manually picked. This picking method aims to reduce or remove the travelling time between pick locations. These solutions are normally used in conjunction with a method from the last section, but deployed on a much smaller scale.
This picking technology enables flexible, energy-efficient storage and retrieval systems. Our partners at Swisslog have created the Tornado miniload crane, which offers high throughput, low operational costs and a customisable design for special requirements.
These systems automatically store and retrieve cases, totes or trays, which provides compact storage of goods and immediate access benefits. The Swisslog CycloneCarrier is an automated Shuttle System designed for small loads and offers excellent throughput and availability.
3D Shuttle technology from Cimcorp will make your picking operations up to six times more efficient than a manual solution. It has the ability to retrieve up to 1,000 totes per hour from a storage area. As the number of SKUs and size of storage increases, the system becomes unrivalled in its efficiency.
Cimcorp MultiPick® is designed for automated storage and order picking of products in plastic crates and trays. Perfect for companies in competitive markets handling high volumes of labor-intensive products with relatively low margins.
Carousels offer a high performance order picking technology option, as long as they are matched with the appropriate operational needs and applications. These systems can accommodate high SKU variety in a small footprint.
Order picking with Robotics is the latest concept in picking technology, which is supporting many distribution centers and fulfillment centers with flexibility, scalability and reduced reliance on temporary labour pools. Geek+ picking systems boost efficiency improvement by 200%+.
A fully automated system will pick full orders ready for dispatch. They tend to be highly specialised for a case with limited flexibility, but can help warehouses maximise large labour costs and allow for much higher pick rates.
Breathe Technologies has been able to deliver a solution that enables us to process bulky and delicate parcels more easily and efficiently, increasing our capacity and improving the flow of parcels through the sort
