Integrated picking in minimum space
April 1st 2009 As part of continued
investment in its Sheffield
distribution centre to
improve operational
efficiencies, cooking and
refrigeration equipment
manufacturer Viscount
Catering required a solution
that combined reliability
with an integrated picking
system in minimum floor
space. To meet these needs,
Industore specified two
7.28m high Lean Lifts,
utilising the maximum
available headroom.
The main purpose of the
Lean Lifts was to store many
of the smaller spare parts,
ensuring they could be
easily identified and picked
ready for dispatch in the
quickest and most cost
effective manner.
The Lean Lift needed to
integrate with existing
software to allow order
details to be transferred
directly from an MRP system
to the machine, allowing
the picking of entire orders
as well as individual items.
To reduce the downtime
while loading, Industore
worked closely with the
distribution manager to preplan
each shelf in the lean
lift. This information was
converted into an upload
file and placed into the
machine memory after
commissioning, thus
reducing the initial loading
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