Goods are picked from flow-racks at the ergonomically-designed work stations, and placed directly in dispatch cartons. The ingenuity of these solutions lies in the combination of different storage systems, making it possible to fulfil, in an ideal form, both the speed requirements of storage and retrieval processes as well as storage density requirements.
The retrieval of storage containers and their transport to the work stations is determined by a flexible batch algorithm in which the number of times each container must be manipulated is reduced to a minimum. This means that the system optimises all processes so that a storage container is emptied (i.e. all products picked) at the least possible number of work stations. The number of containers to be returned to the storage system is thus reduced.
The picking process itself is carried out at "goods-to-man" stations using Pick-to-Light technology. To ensure that the warehouse operates with maximum efficiency, several orders are processed simultaneously in each station.
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