Voice WMS drives efficiencies
January 1st 2010 Proteus offers strategic upgrade options on warehouse management systems to assist
stock management
Proteus has a goal to provide warehouse solutions to its
customers that drive sustained efficiency, so that
businesses can improve their throughput, without
incurring corresponding increases in operational costs.
Part of this goal encompasses the need to implement new
technologies to ensure our customers can deliver a higher
standard of service and stay ahead of the competition.
In the context of warehouse management systems, two
strategic upgrade options are available to deliver significant
improvements relative to paper based stock management
processes.
Many organisations have already successfully migrated from
paper to wireless driven systems, which utilise screens and
handheld barcode readers, eradicating the use of paperwork.
The actual efficiency gains using this type of technology will
differ for each company, although typical users have reported
efficiency increases of greater than 50%.
The Proteus voice solution talks people through their daily
tasks replacing cumbersome paperwork, the inherent errors
associated with it, and traditional data capture methods (inc
barcode scanners) with hands free personal voice instructions
and confirmation.
It leaves both hands free for manual tasks such as driving,
picking and loading. The resultant efficiencies impact a number
of operational areas, and case studies have highlighted the
following efficiencies:
A 25% increase in warehouse throughput within 6 months of
full implementation;
10-25% in labour efficiency achieved during the picking
process over scanning solutions, and as much as 50% over
paper based solutions;
Reduced training times;
Pay back on implementation costs in six months;
Lower cost of ownership due to elimination of handheld
equipment (purchase and repair);
Lower stock damage due to fewer accidents;
99.9% elimination of picking errors.
We realise that the correct choice of warehouse management
system, and the selection of a first class warehouse system partner, is
fundamental. Our objective is to, not only, automate key operational
processes, but to also, deliver a system that can continually keep
up to date with changes in legislation and socio-economic factors.
There is no doubt that voice systems can be further developed for
use in other operational areas. These systems are capable of multilingual
dialogue, 26 languages can
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