Warehouse Picking Technologies
Warehouse order picking involves finding and extracting the specified amount of right SKU assigned to fulfill the order. The warehouse picking operations takes 70% of the time, 60% of all warehouse activity and 55% of costs which makes this a significant process in the warehouse. Comparing the picking process with the current scenario of rising demands of e-commerce order picking has become the most important operation in a warehouse which directly accountable for fulfilling the consumer needs which is now an essential part of doing business.
Moving further with warehouse picking technology as of now industry4.0, warehouse logistics is a fast turning world and a lot has changed over the past few decades, simple paper pick list has been successfully replaced by electronic systems. Warehouse picking operation involves batch picking , zone picking, etc.. which all are supported by the help these technologies mentioned below. Some of the best picking technology are :
Pick by vision: This solution functions with augmented reality offers hands-free operation with 100% error-free and paperless picking and improved quality control. It is best suited for large DC's with thousands of orders processed daily.
Pick by vision comprises smart glasses with an integrated navigation system that guides the operator and also provides the shortest travel path to reach the destination. Integrated camera in vision picking glasses optically displays order information providing the source and target locations.
Smart glasses are connected with an existing network for real-time inventory management and updation with the stocks accordingly.
Pick by light: Pick by light is efficient Paperless product Picking and Order fulfillment automation solution which enhances productivity and picking rate in order picking operations. It is best suited for Each picking, cluster picking, batch picking operations.
It comprises of a digital display, which shows picker how much quantity to be picked and an LED light to guide, once the operation is complete the picker acknowledges and updates the system by pressing the LED light.
Pick by light offers the highest picking rate in order picking operations and makes the entire process quite flexible.
Pick by voice: It offers paperless hands-free order picking and fulfillment solutions for a smart warehouse with high accuracy and productivity. It is a Voice-directed picking solution with AI for pick operations. It allows the operator to hear instructions in the form of voice and give verbal confirmations.
Available on the Android platform, pick by voice allows the operator to do hands-free eyes up picking thereby increasing the throughput of the entire warehousing operations.
Addverb offers best in class picking solution for all types of industry irrespective of size and product, our solution based on IIOT, AI and Industry4.0 are helping business to grow exponentially and keeping them ahead of competition.
