Order picking is a critical operation where delays and errors can cost you dear. However, there are now a range of technologies available to help. The difficult bit is choosing the right one. Malory Davies reports.
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CJ Lang & Son, the retailing and distribution company, serves over 45 per cent of Scotland’s independent market from its dedicated RDC in Dundee.
Innovate Logistics has invested £2m to overhaul its warehouse management system throughout its sites.
Kruidvat, a Dutch health and beauty retailer and a subsidiary of the AS Watson group, is building an automated warehouse and picking system for its distribution operation in Heteren, The Netherlands.
In March 2004 VoiteQ completed a roll-out of its VoiceMan voice directed picking system which utilised Vocollect’s Talkman terminals for 50 WH Smith users on the warehouse floor.
Knights Of Old is using Atlet’s Tergo Forte S3 reach truck to use more of its double-deep racking at its Kettering warehouse.
The company employs around 4,000 people in the UK (including franchise staff) and has around 2,500 employees involved in making deliveries across the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
Introduced by British Airways as part of an efficiency drive for servicing Boeing 747s and 777s, Cribmaster provides visibility for all maintenance, repair and operations stock – thousands of different items.
Two Hyster lift trucks, a H2.
Achieving the higher output, would normally have required the lengthening of the existing assembly line, to accommodate the additional operators needed.
