Boost Your Warehouse Efficiency with Put Walls and Zone Picking

Boost Your Warehouse Efficiency with Put Walls and Zone Picking

In today’s competitive warehousing environment, efficient order fulfillment is essential, especially when managing large volumes of diverse SKUs. Integrating put walls with zone picking has proven to be a game-changer for many operations. This powerful combination optimizes processes, reduces travel time, and increases productivity. As a result, you can streamline picking and packing, ensuring that orders are completed quickly and accurately while lowering labor costs.

What is a Put Wall?

A put wall is an innovative system that consolidates picked items from various warehouse zones into individual customer orders. Acting as a central sorting station, it ensures that items from different areas come together efficiently. This setup simplifies the verification and packing of each order.

One key advantage of using a put wall is its ability to significantly reduce the number of scans needed during order fulfillment. Instead of scanning each item, the system requires only the sub-order barcode to be scanned at the put wall. Consequently, this approach saves time, reduces errors, and enhances the overall efficiency of the packing process. With the ability to handle high volumes of orders quickly and precisely, put walls become essential tools for managing complex order fulfillment, especially during peak periods.

Zone Picking: A Game-Changer in Order Fulfillment

Zone picking divides the warehouse into distinct zones, with each picker assigned to a specific area. This method significantly reduces travel time because pickers only move within their designated zone to gather items. When you integrate zone picking with put walls, the efficiency of order fulfillment increases even further. Items picked from different zones are brought to the put wall, where they are consolidated and packed for shipping. Therefore, this method not only speeds up the process but also reduces the chances of errors, ensuring each order is accurate.

Diagram of a Warehouse with zonal picking and a put wall to consolidate orders

AI-Driven Efficiency

At ABCO Systems, we take put wall and zone picking solutions to the next level by incorporating cutting-edge AI technology. Our system optimizes order picking batches and calculates the shortest route between all items on the pick list. With this intelligent approach, you save time and reduce wear and tear on both equipment and employees.

Optimized Picking Route diagram

AI-powered batch optimization ensures that every second counts. This precision and automation boost productivity and lead to a more satisfied workforce. When tasks are completed quickly and accurately, employees experience less physical strain, which ultimately results in higher job satisfaction.

The Benefits of Our Put Wall Solutions

Increased Efficiency: Put walls combined with zone picking streamline order fulfillment, reducing travel time and boosting productivity.

Error Reduction: Consolidating items at the put wall and reducing individual scans minimizes the risk of errors, ensuring every order is accurate.

AI Optimization: Our advanced AI-driven system optimizes picking routes and batch sizes, leading to faster order processing and less equipment wear.

Scalability and Flexibility: The put wall solution easily scales to meet demand surges. Adding more putters to the same wall during peak periods increases throughput without major infrastructure changes.

Improved Employee Satisfaction: The system’s efficiency reduces physical strain on workers, resulting in higher job satisfaction and lower turnover rates.

Our put walls zonal picking solutions are designed to revolutionize your warehouse operations. By leveraging AI and strategic zone layouts, we help you achieve greater efficiency, accuracy, and employee satisfaction. Contact us today to learn more about how our solutions can meet your unique needs or use the calendar below to schedule a meeting with an ABCO Expert.

FastFetch Micro Pick Cells: Revolutionizing High-Volume Order Fulfillment

In today’s fast-paced e-commerce world, efficiency is crucial. Every second matters, and even slight improvements in order fulfillment can lead to significant gains in productivity, cost savings, and customer satisfaction. This is where our FastFetch Micro Pick Cells excel—a compact yet powerful configuration of our award-winning light-directed picking technology.

What is a Micro Pick Cell?

The Micro Pick Cell is a specialized setup designed to deliver high-speed, high-accuracy picking within a minimal footprint. This solution is perfect for operations like kitting services or subscription box assembly. When you need to process a large volume of orders quickly, but handle a limited number of SKUs, typically up to 100, the Micro Pick Cell offers a streamlined approach. It allows you to process large number of orders swiftly and accurately in a compact space.

Warehouse with multiple micro pick cells and conveyors for speedy and accurate order fulfillment

Engineered to boost picking speed and productivity, the Micro Pick Cell minimizes wasted time spent walking and manually searching for items. By consolidating the picking process into a streamlined, light-directed workflow, it virtually eliminates errors. Each order gets fulfilled with speed and precision.

Key Features and Benefits

Light-Directed Picking Technology

At the core of the Micro Pick Cell is our proven light-directed picking technology, known for its speed and accuracy. The system uses LED displays to guide pickers to the correct items, reducing errors and significantly increasing productivity. What makes our pick-to-light systems unique is their “NO TOUCH” technology. Traditional systems rely on mechanical buttons that wear out over time, but our solutions use advanced proximity sensors. This eliminates the need for physical contact, enhancing durability and reliability. Pickers work intuitively with their hands free, speeding up the picking process and creating a more pleasant work experience.

Compact and Cost-Effective Design

The Micro Pick Cell stands out with its small footprint, making it an ideal solution for businesses with limited space and high demand for efficient order processing. Despite its compact size, the Micro Pick Cell delivers powerful performance, ensuring you make the most of your available space.

FastFetch Micro pick cells dense setup

Minimal Infrastructure Requirements

Designed for seamless integration, the Micro Pick Cell requires minimal infrastructure investment. This reduces setup time and costs, allowing you to start benefiting from the system almost immediately.

Scalability to Meet Demand

The modular design of the Micro Pick Cell allows for easy scaling to meet increasing demand. Whether you’re dealing with seasonal order spikes or long-term business growth, you can expand the system to fit your needs without significant additional costs.

Why Choose the FastFetch Micro Pick Cell Solution?

The exceptional flexibility of our Micro Pick Cells sets them apart. They adapt seamlessly to fluctuations in demand, allowing your operation to scale efficiently during peak periods without compromising performance. This adaptability ensures your business maintains high levels of productivity and customer satisfaction, even during the most demanding times.

In the competitive world of order fulfillment, every advantage counts. Our solution offers a unique combination of speed, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness to give your business the edge it needs. With a small upfront investment, quick ROI, and the flexibility to scale as your business grows, the Micro Pick Cell is a smart choice for optimizing your order fulfillment process.

Ready to revolutionize your picking operations?

Contact us today to learn more about how this innovative technology can improve your warehouse operations. Or, simply pick a date and time in the calendar below to schedule a meeting with an ABCO expert.

Maximizing Efficiency and Reliability with Preventative Maintenance

In the world of material handling and logistics, where efficiency and reliability are keys to competitive advantages and happy customers, the importance of preventative maintenance cannot be overstated. At ABCO Systems, we recognize that our commitment to our clients doesn’t end with the sale. We provide comprehensive post-sale servicing and maintenance plans that keep automation equipment in top condition long after the initial purchase.

Why Preventative Maintenance Matters

Preventative maintenance goes beyond simply fixing problems as they arise. It involves proactive steps to prevent issues from occurring in the first place. By conducting regular inspections, lubrication, and adjustments, our skilled technicians can identify potential issues early on and address them before they escalate into costly repairs or downtime. This proactive approach not only extends the lifespan of automation equipment but also enhances its overall reliability and efficiency.

Comprehensive Maintenance and Servicing Programs

ABCO Systems offers a range of preventative maintenance plans tailored to meet the unique needs of each business we serve. Our comprehensive maintenance agreement includes semestral checkups encompassing thorough inspections, cleaning, lubrication of moving parts, electrical and controls checkups, and emergency stops verification. This meticulous approach allows us to identify potential issues early on, mitigating the risk of costly breakdowns and disruptions.

Key Benefits of Preventative Maintenance

  • Maximizing Equipment Reliability: Regular servicing and inspections help businesses identify worn components or potential failures before they escalate into major problems. This minimizes unexpected downtime and ensures that equipment functions at optimal levels.
  • Reducing Long-Term Operating Costs: Addressing minor issues early on can prevent expensive repairs or replacements down the line. Additionally, our maintenance agreement offers discounts on original parts and replacement work expenses, providing further cost savings.
  • Enhancing Workplace Safety: Faulty or poorly maintained equipment can pose serious risks to employees and compromise overall facility safety. Regular inspections and maintenance checks help identify and rectify safety hazards, creating a secure working environment.

Spare Parts Inventory Management

One of the standout features of our maintenance services is our spare parts inventory management plan. We maintain a well-stocked inventory of critical components, ensuring prompt response to any emergency part replacement needs. This readiness minimizes downtime and swiftly addresses unforeseen maintenance requirements, keeping our clients’ operations running smoothly around the clock.