Pick to light system in warehouse management system is an effective solution to streamline warehouse picking process. The Pick to light system will boost efficiency, productivity, and picking accuracy while lowering costs for your business.
Inventory picking is one of the most expensive and labour intensive process in the warehouse. A pick to light system, can boost your business efficiency, productivity, and picking accuracy while lowering costs.
According to industry reports, warehouse picking account for up to 55% of a warehouse expenditure. In-addition, warehouse picking has such a significant influence on customer satisfaction, brand reputation, and profitability. As such, picking accuracy and efficiency is a strategic advantage for businesses all over the world.
What is Pick to Light?
Pick to light is an order-fulfilment technology that aims to increase picking accuracy and efficiency while reducing labour expenses. Pick to light utilises wireless Iot gadget that uses numeric displays, buttons, and a buzzer to assist employees with manual picking, placing, sorting, and assembling at storage sites.
How does Pick to Light work?
- The Warehouse Management System receives the order electronically and sends the instructions to the Pick to Light system to direct operators to pick inventory based on the order requirement
- The pick to light system brightens up the storage area for the user to go towards, the pick to light system then displays an RGB LED and quantity required to instruct the user to perform picking
- The operator picks the inventory, places them in the holding container, and then confirms the pick by pressing a button. The system recognizes the pickup with a beep.
- The system continues in this manner, lighting each picking region until all objects have been selected and deposited in their appropriate storage containers.
Benefits of Pick to Light
1. Ease of Use
Traditional picking training might take hours, or even days, depending on the size and complexity of the warehouse and the quantity of orders required. Picking timing can be reduced with an effective pick-to-light mechanism.
Because many warehouses are seasonal, they must hire temporary staff and have a high turnover rate. It takes time and effort to train new personnel, and it costs money. A pick to light system is simpler to teach and learn for almost everyone.
2. Improve Accuracy
Picking instructions communicated through light physically when the operator is in front of the storage location. The quantity is also displayed. This reduces the chances of errors in picking.
3. Paperless Warehouse
The picking process in the warehouse is not done electronically from your warehouse management system to your pick to light system. Operators do not need to print pick slips achieving efficiency and sustainability in your warehouse.
4. Faster Picking
Picking of many small quantity of inventory can be tedious, pick to light intuitively instructs operators to pick the correct inventory and quantity to fulfil the order.
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