Improved Efficiency and Cost Savings with Warehouse Automation

Improved Efficiency and Cost Savings with Warehouse Automation

In the ever-changing world of supply chain management, warehouse automation is a key factor in ensuring that an operation runs effectively and efficiently. Batch picking and automated sorting are two technologies that can help reduce costs and improve accuracy in your warehouse. Let’s take a closer look at how these systems work and why they should be part of your warehousing strategy.

Batch Picking

Batch picking is a process that combines orders into batches before they are picked from the shelves. This system reduces the number of trips to the shelves required to fill orders, which increases efficiency while minimizing errors. The process starts with order consolidation software that looks at incoming orders and consolidates them into batches based on common elements like customer or ship-to location, product type, or order size. Once orders are consolidated into batches, pickers move through each batch in sequence to pick items quickly and accurately.

Automated Sorting Systems

Automated sorting systems are used to optimize the storage capacity of warehouses as well as streamline outbound processes. These systems use algorithms to determine which products should be stored where in order to maximize space utilization, minimize handling time, and increase throughput times for outgoing orders. Automated sorting systems are also capable of automatically routing products based on their destination or other criteria, allowing for greater flexibility in managing inventory flow within a facility.

As warehouses become more complex and operations become more demanding, technologies like batch picking and automated sorting can help you stay ahead of the competition by improving efficiency and reducing costs. By implementing these solutions now, you can ensure that you have an efficient warehouse operation today so you can remain competitive tomorrow. ABCO Systems will make the most of your batch picking by integrating with the right automation solution.  Supply chain professionals who want to optimize their operations should seriously consider investing in these tools – it could pay off big in the long run! CONTACT US to speak to an ABCO Team member about the right solution for you.

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EP 362: Everything 3PL with Fulfill.com

Joe Spisak, CEO of Fulfill.com, joins The New Warehouse to share the inspiring and amusing journey that led him to start Fulfill.com. Fulfill.com provides businesses with an easy and cost-effective way to outsource their fulfillment needs by connecting them with ideal fulfillment centers through a global 3PL directory and personalized advisors. If you think you can’t start a 3PL, try going from your parent’s garage to an abandoned morgue and eventually leap to a 140,000-square-foot behemoth of a warehouse. Be sure to tune in to learn everything you need to know about choosing, starting, and matching with a 3PL to grow your business. 

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EP 361: Flytrex at Manifest 2023

Joining The New Warehouse from Manifest 2023 is Yariv Bosch, the Co-founder, and CEO of Flytrex, a company focused on on-demand commercial drone delivery. They have five stations in North Carolina and Texas, with between 20 to 40 different restaurants available per station. Be sure to tune in to find out how drone delivery works, how it fits into the logistics space, and what Yariv thinks is the future of drone delivery.

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Optimizing Your Warehouse with Goods-to-Person Automation

Optimizing Your Warehouse with Goods-to-Person Automation

As eCommerce business continues to grow, customers are looking for even faster delivery of the goods they purchase. As such, businesses are constantly looking for ways to optimize their warehouses to speed up order fulfillment. One way to achieve this is through goods-to-person automation. This automation technology helps streamline the process of stocking, picking, and shipping items, allowing businesses to reduce labor costs and free up warehouse space.

Goods-to-person automation works by utilizing automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to move items from storage locations to human operators. The robots then drive up to an ergonomic workstation and present items in containers or on shelves for easy human pickup. By eliminating the need for humans to manually search for items on the ground or in shelving aisles, goods-to-person automation allows warehouse staff to work more quickly and efficiently. In addition to reducing labor costs associated with picking, goods-to-person automation also reduces energy costs associated with moving people around a warehouse facility. By using robots instead of manual labor, companies can save time and money by not having to pay employees overtime while they walk back and forth between storage locations. AGVs are more efficient since they can travel faster than humans can walk, reducing the overall time it takes for one pick cycle.

Goods-to-person automation also helps improve workflow within warehouses by freeing up space that was once used for storing inventory or materials on shelves or racks. These freed-up areas can be used for other purposes, such as stocking new products arriving from suppliers or staging larger orders prior to shipment. Additionally, goods-to-person automation increases safety within the workplace as employees no longer need to spend time searching through cluttered aisles of inventory or lifting heavy items off high shelves themselves — tasks that are easily accomplished by robots with minimal health risks involved.

Using goods-to-person automation helps businesses optimize both their labor force as well as their warehouse space usage — all while ensuring employee safety and enhancing customer satisfaction by increasing order speed and accuracy at scale. Companies should consider implementing these solutions if they want to maximize efficiency in their warehouses — especially those with large SKU counts and frequent customer orders.

ABCO Systems offers a variety of goods-to-person solutions that can easily be implemented into your warehouse with little to no disruption to your daily workflow. Contact us to see how goods-to-person technology can optimize your warehouse by decreasing labor and increasing space.

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EP 360: Pitney Bowes at Manifest 2023

In this episode host Kevin Lawton talks to Stephanie Cannon of Pitney Bowes at Manifest 2023. They discuss takeaways from the show, the importance of collaboration and how Pitney Bowes is addressing automation needs a little bit different. 

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