Inther (NL)
Pick to Light Carts Picking, sorting and packing
A wireless RF module was installed for the connection of the pick carts' INTHER LC software to the Noordhoff Uitgevers Warehouse Management System. This module works according to the latest wireless network technology. The order picking itself saves time, money and legwork: incoming orders are grouped together according to identical item positions using IT. The picker then receives their order batch and the associated pick cart. The first order picking position is displayed on the central display of the pick cart: the employee goes to this position with the pick cart and confirms the position or the item barcode with an RF scanner. Then the Pick to Light modules on the pick cart light up for the orders that require these items. At the same time, the respective display shows the required order picking quantity. The employee picks the item quantity as shown on the display and presses the switch on the Pick to Light module to confirm. A great advantage of the Pick to Light Cart System is the possibility to complete numerous orders at once (multi order picking). "The integrated INTHER LC software calculates the ideal batch for a Pick to Light cart on the basis of the ABC sorting of items and on order priority. This procedure reduces the walking distance in the warehouse enormously," says INTHER Project Manager Willem Verhalle.
The items picked are immediately distributed across the various orders in the pick cart. A further time saving is achieved during packaging by directly order picking into the cartoned shipping container. This all results in a system that simultaneously picks, sorts and packages.
