Goods-to-man picking system
October 1st 2004

When home entertainment wholesaler, S Gold & Sons moved to larger premises, the new order picking system was devised by Alan Wilson Associates and installed by Knapp UK.

Operating on a goods-to-man principle, picking is performed manually into totes from picking faces that are gravity fed or in static racking.

Once an order or part order is allocated to a barcoded tote, the tote is transported by Knapp intelligent conveyor to the first pick location. Here it is diverted to a non-powered spur beneath the picking faces. Once picking of that section of the order is complete, the tote is pushed back on to the driven conveyor and transported to the next pick station.

With the new system, warehouse output has increased dramatically with no strain on the operatives.

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