Faster orders, accurate stock.
What It Is
It does not have to mean a fully robotic building. Most gains come from capturing each movement as it happens - with barcodes, RFID or fixed readers - and guiding people with handhelds, pick-to-light or put-to-light walls.
Where volumes justify it, conveyors, sortation and dimension-weight-scan tunnels take over repetitive handling. A warehouse control layer coordinates the equipment, and the WMS keeps inventory right.
How It Works
The system from the sensor to the people who act on it. Every project is sized to the site, but the layers stay the same.
- Identify
Barcode & RFID
Handhelds, fixed scanners, RFID portals and camera tunnels read every unit and pallet.
- Move
Conveyors & sorters
Conveyors, sorters and DWS stations move and measure goods automatically.
- Guide
Picking aids
Pick-to-light, put-to-light and handheld workflows tell people what to do next.
- Control
WCS
Warehouse control software runs the equipment and balances work across zones.
- Manage
WMS & ERP
Inventory, orders and dispatch kept in step with the business system.
Key Technologies
The protocols, standards and components we work with on this use case.
Identification
- 1D / 2D barcodes
- UHF RFID (EPC Gen2)
- GS1 SSCC
- Camera tunnels
- DWS
Equipment
- Conveyors
- Sorters
- Pick-to-light
- Put-to-light
- AS/RS
- AMR
Software
- WMS
- WCS
- ERP integration
- EDI
- PLC control
Typical Deliverables
What a project usually hands over. We agree the exact scope with you before work starts.
- Process and layout review with order and SKU data
- Equipment specification and layout
- Scanning and labelling standards
- WCS and WMS integration
- Commissioning and ramp-up support
- Dashboards for throughput, accuracy and backlog
Where It Applies
Industries where this use case answers a problem we see often. Each links back to the sector page.
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