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100 10 strategies to improve warehouse picking efficiency, warehouse managers must see!
2021-10-18 16:42
Ten picking strategies to improve logistics efficiency, by putting them into logistics applications, can help companies of all sizes to improve their distribution logistics efficiency. Although the hierarchy is not so strict, the ten strategies are described in a stepped manner to help understanding. The higher the ladder, the greater the leverage return effect of economies of scale and the higher the level of technology.
1. Improve order and warehouse management and control
One of the top ten picking strategies is to use information to enhance management and provide the necessary information to support accurate business decisions. The vast majority of enterprises, regardless of their size, will use some software for inventory management, material flow control and equipment control.
The modern warehouse management system (WMS) and warehouse control system (WCS) are designed so that all order task information can be displayed in a single user interface through the host computer, generally using WMS or ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.
With well-designed software for information organization, companies will be able to realize significant supply chain benefits.
2. Real-time logistics solutions for increasing efficiency and reducing errors
The efficiency of manual work in traditional shelf storage can be improved by adding equipment that can activate data interaction, which can send instructions to the goods production truck in real time, thereby improving throughput, productivity and accuracy.
Wireless terminals, voice systems and mobile data terminals constitute a paperless environment, which is conducive to the real-time transmission of information in the entire supply chain. Such equipment not only improves operational efficiency, accuracy and productivity, but also improves supply chain visibility and traceability. It also enables companies of all sizes to find a business model that can respond to change and is highly flexible.
3. Compress the picking surface and speed up the walking speed
Multiple studies have shown that one of the most time-consuming aspects of the order fulfillment process is walking. Picking workers often need to constantly walk between different cargo positions. In small distribution centers operated by hand, there are two ways to easily solve the problem of excessive walking, thereby greatly increasing productivity.
The use of pallet trucks, forklifts, laser guided vehicles and other equipment to speed up the walking speed of the picker, in conjunction with the intelligent storage system, can extend the picker's picking operation time, shorten the walking time, thereby improving productivity.
The second method is to compress the picking surface, which can be done by simply using pallet or carton streamlined shelves. The purpose of compressing the picking surface is realized by storing the goods in the slideway behind the picking surface. Therefore, the distance of the picking surface can be reduced by as much as 80%, thus greatly shortening the time spent in the walking process during order picking.
4. Adopt intelligent location management and transportation system
Make the order active picker, thereby improving efficiency.
By adopting intelligent material flow control and picking location control conveying system, the order goods will flow between different working areas, and the picker does not need to move its position.
Picking location management solutions are especially suitable for order splitting and picking and large and medium-sized companies that want to introduce basic automation technology.
5. Realize simultaneous picking of multiple orders to improve picking efficiency
The order items of multiple customers are combined into a batch. If the picker can batch pick goods at each pick position, the operation efficiency and system throughput can be greatly improved. Full-box applications include walking pickers to conveyor belts, which can be used to transport batch-picked goods and use intelligent conveyor sorting systems to automatically sort according to different order requirements.
In the application of zero-splitting, centralized picking technology can realize multi-order picking in a single station. Picking personnel generally use wireless or voice picking vehicles and electronic tag picking systems to centrally place picking tasks for picking personnel to batch zero-splitting orders.
6. Using intelligent software to realize the picking efficiency of "two birds with one stone"
Many companies simply do not realize that some pallets can be picked completely out of their own way. Identify opportunities without picking with intelligent order fulfillment software. Through the analysis and cross matching of customer needs, one customer's goods can be picked and another picking operation can be completed at the same time.
The purpose of this concept can be achieved by manual picking or machine picking. This technology can be used for both mixing box picking and whole-layer picking operations, and the picking efficiency of both can be increased to more than 1400 boxes per hour.
7, the use of caching and sorting technology to avoid walking.
This latest and most unique concept of distribution logistics is to avoid walking completely. Goods-to-people picking technology has been used for many years, but what really makes it practical now is the power of computers and new caching and sorting systems. Modernizing access engines and sorting technology has brought about a revolution. High-density and high-efficiency automated storage systems (ASRS) now handle large quantities of goods on demand, with the option of bins or pallets to deliver goods to pick or stack points.
In high-flow zero-splitting and whole-box picking operations, new technologies can be used to pre-pick, cache, sort and other processing of order goods, and send them to the picking station for picking on demand and on time. This is a new distribution solution with higher cost performance.
8, the use of goods to the people to split the zero picking solution.
Picker in accordance with the ergonomic design of the picking station to stay in place, no need to walk, so that can greatly improve efficiency and meet the requirements of workplace safety. In the delivery system, the raw materials that need to be fulfilled are moved to the picker station completely on demand. Picking stations and stacking stations can be designed for discrete picking or bulk picking, depending on the order processing requirements.
In addition, a variety of scanning technology, electronic label picking or voice technology can be used to further improve the efficiency of the picking station.
9. Adopt the whole box pallet solution to speed up the palletizing speed
The whole box picking is very similar to the zero picking, and also adopts the intelligent ergonomically designed station, which can be used for mixing box codes. Since the pre-sorted and sorted mixed boxes can be coded in the code tray station in sequence, the picker at the code tray station only needs to slide the cartons in place, making the selection operation easier, faster and safer.
Each station is usually built on a shelf platform, and the whole box of goods is continuously fed to the station by integrated conveying. After each layer of the tray is completed, the tray will automatically descend for the next layer of assembly, which can greatly save the amount of manual work and improve the safety, speed and quality of the order code tray.
When the tray is lowered, the packaging film can be used to keep the tray stable.
10. Adopt fully automated picking and code disc solutions
Previously, labor was used at all levels, with the idea of improving the efficiency of labor by avoiding non-value-added labor. However, in some cases, if the goods are extremely heavy, or the flow rate is extremely high, a fully automatic solution can be used.
The advanced achievements in many fields such as integrated software, product storage, caching, sorting and identification, coupled with the use of high-speed multi-joint robots and multi-function fixtures, have greatly promoted the development of automatic picking and code tray systems, thus being able to handle various product specifications, including different specifications of packing boxes, pallets, open or closed cartons, bags of goods and sacks.
Each of these systems is extremely accurate, fast, reliable and capable of stacking higher, denser and more stable pallets. At the same time, it performs well in palletizing speed, accuracy and ease-of-use flexibility, and can even handle a variety of mixed box product specifications. For zero picking, the-shaped sorting machine can realize automatic sorting, but manual replenishment is still required. Storage shelves www.jwrack.com
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