High Performance, Compact and Scalable Piece Picking Solution
Feb 10
posted by Benny Rokni, Global Product Management in
Order Picking
According to the Warehouse & Distribution Science published by Georgia Tech, order-picking accounts for over 55% of a typical warehouse operating cost and 90% of that cost is the result of walking, searching and associated picking paperwork. In a large scale, high volume piece picking operation, this cost can be substantial! Add the cost associated with replenishment, reslotting and misshipments and an automated picking solution becomes a very attractive alternative
The concept of automatically delivering product to pickers has been around for quite some time. It effectively eliminates the 90% non-value added pick activities by automatically finding and delivering the required products to the appropriate pickers. Historically, mini-loads and carousels were used to buffer the inventory and deliver them to operators. But mini-loads and carousels are too bulky and slow to handle the wide range of SKU profiles and the picking stations are too rudimentary to allow for sustained long term operator productivity...
Dematic's RapidPick™ system is the next generation Goods-To-Person solution that uses the Dematic MultiShuttle" engine to buffer and deliver the required product to pick stations in proper sequence. The parallel processing capability of multiple shuttles running in a single aisle gives MultiShuttle" unmatched speed and throughput capability. On the picking side, the RapidPick" workstation is a highly ergonomic picking station that allows the operator to maintain sustained speed, efficiency and accuracy over the entire shift. RapidPick" stations are ergonomically designed based on Univeral Access and OSHA principles and eliminate all lifting, twisting and turning and present everything to operators in the "golden zone" range in a rapid and intuitive manner.
Whether in an e-fulfillment/".com" environment or high volume retail distribution, Dematic's RapidPick™ system provides a high performance, compact, modular and scalable solution for the entire range of SKUs from fast "A" velocity items down to the slow moving cats & dogs.