ORDER PICKING – EFFICIENT CASE PICKING & MIXED PALLETS

Skilled labour shortages, productivity targets and increasing product diversity call for rethinking logistics processes in the areas of palletising/de-palletising and order picking.

Traditional approaches to cushioning seasonal peaks with temporary workers or additional shifts are increasingly reaching their limits. Order picking and palletising account for up to two-thirds of warehouse costs. Automation can be a game changer, increasing work efficiency, improving ergonomics and reducing operating costs.

With our expertise in mixed palletising, display construction and picking of all types of cases, we can help you meet the requirements of modern, lean logistics. Our solutions combine person-to-goods, goods-to-person and fully automated robotics concepts.

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ADVANTAGES AT A GLANCE
  • High and consistent picking performance
  • Minimal personnel requirements
  • Ergonomic and gentle product handling
  • Reduce error rates, increase quality

AREAS OF APPLICATION

  • Depalletising and palletising of layers and individual cases
  • Picking of full and partial pallets using forklifts and/or AGVs
  • Mixed pallet formation and display construction, manual and/or fully automatic
  • Picking workstations based on the goods-to-person principle
  • Refrigerated/frozen order picking
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  • Reduce error rate (scan/weigh checks, plausibility checks)
  • Increase ergonomics (height adjustment, tilt, reaching distances) – especially for heavy items
  • Make throughput plannable – especially during peak times
  • Transparency & controllability via KPI monitoring and lean processes
  • Person-to-goods: Pick by Voice, Pick by RF Terminal
  • Goods-to-person: picking workstations, pick by light
  • Automatic picking: Depalletising & palletising (layer by layer & individually), robot picking, layer & case picking
  • Replenishment warehouse: high-bay warehouse, compact warehouse, manual warehouse
  • Replenishment transport: forklifts, conveyor technology, AGVs
  • Order picking:
    • Person-to-goods: Floor storage locations, gravity conveyors, shelves
    • Goods-to-person: Picking workstations, palletising stations
    • Automatic: defoliation, depalletising, buffer storage (shuttle storage – Logimate), palletising
  • Packaging: weighing, wrapping & labelling
  • Removal: Forklift trucks, conveyor technology, AGVs
  • Pick by voice
  • Scales
  • Label printers
  • WMS / SAP EWM: Order creation, waves/batching, replenishment, blocking/QA
  • Dialogues & workflows: Pick dialogues, NiO handling, value-added services
  • Visualisation/HMI: Live KPIs (pick rate, errors, malfunctions)
  • Reporting: picking performance, error rates, statistics

PROJECT EXAMPLE

Yellow Krones building in Debrecen with automated logistics system from System Logistics

Industry

KRONES DEBRECEN

Hungary

  • Increase in storage capacity for individual parts & assemblies
  • Storage of a wide variety of containers, load carriers, and goods (small parts, pallets, bulky items, and cables)
  • Preparation of assembly kits and consolidation of goods before transfer to assembly
  • Integration of tugger trains

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

Order picking solutions always require an analysis of the existing article master data, warehouse data and movement data

The central element here is the gripper technology, which must be selected based on the existing article and packaging properties.

With pick-by-voice, the employee receives the picking orders via a headset. Voice instructions and the ability to use both hands and eyes simultaneously – ideal for complex multi-order tasks.
Pick-by-Light works with LED displays at the storage locations, which visually show which items are to be picked; particularly fast and efficient for standard items.
With the Pick-by-RF terminal, orders are displayed on a handheld scanner or mobile terminal and confirmed by scanning, which is flexible for warehouses with a wide variety of items.

NEXT STEPS?

Clarify the problem together

Take stock

Concept ideas

Budget price including ROI analysis

MAKING PICKING MORE EFFICIENT

We analyse your product mix and develop a solution that reduces errors and increases performance. Benefit from solutions that are perfectly tailored to your warehouse processes.

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