The growth of online retail and the development of new technologies, such as vision-based systems, is set to change the face of picking. Lucy Tesseras casts an eye over the options.
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John Lewis is now able to achieve up to 1,000 picks per man hour after implementing pick-to-light and put-to-light technology from Knapp.
Alliance Healthcare has increased efficiency at its Exeter distribution centre after installing BITO’s Carton Live Storage (CLS) system which locates product nearer to where it needs to be picked.
Vanderlande has installed a new order fulfilment system for a food retailer in Leipzig, Germany, designed for smaller, slow-moving products.
The Stornoway Fishermen’s Co-operative on the Isle of Lewis has installed a Revlok mezzanine to increase the building’s floor area by 25 per cent
Footwear retailer NG2 Group is set to speed up processes, reduce errors and improve its eco-credentials after implementing a TGW automated warehouse system.
Warehouse automation integrator Logistex, has hired Denis Bailey as its international spares service manager, and David Robson as account development manager
Chain Reaction Cycles initially commissioned Dematic to supply a voice picking and packing system after seeing a demonstration at Logistics Link North – however the project subsequently developed into something much more.
The Co-operative Pharmacy now has the capacity to fulfil 160,000 order lines in one shift, following a £16m investment in a new, automated national distribution centre at Meir Park in Stoke-on-Trent, designed and installed by Knapp.
Kuehne + Nagel has deployed Autostore by Central Systems & Automation to manage delivery, picking, packing and shipping operations at its automated distribution centre in Veghel.
