The ATOX light-guided system outperforms other order preparation systems such as voice picking and RF picking in terms of performance and profitability. This was confirmed during the VIII Conference on Warehouse Automation held in Madrid, where topics such as the automation of intralogistics for electronic commerce, the return on investment of automation, what and when to automate, etc. were addressed. Víctor Burón, ATOX Soluciones Tecnológicas consultant, presented as a speaker the keys to optimizing picking, the comparison between various order preparation systems and success stories with the implementation of ATOX light guidance.
Picking optimization
Modern logistics chains are facing increasingly demanding demands imposed by the continuous growth of e-commerce. Large online sales companies have popularized increasingly shorter delivery times in recent years. Today, shipments within 24 hours are common and the trend is towards same-day deliveries. End consumers have become accustomed to these times and this places much higher demands on smaller sellers.
This forces order preparation to be much more agile and efficient. Traditional systems such as paper picking can no longer meet the necessary levels of efficiency, and systems such as RF picking and voice picking show increased performance in picking processes that is still insufficient. During the picking process using these systems, up to more than 80% of the time may have to be devoted to consultation operations and location of references, picking validations and movements of warehouse personnel.
The light-guided system, designed and manufactured by ATOX Storage Systems, is designed to provide a solution to these limitations. By means of pick to light operations, the operators are guided to each slot of the racks, optimizing their journey and eliminating consultation times and location of references. In this way, in addition to speeding up the preparation of orders, human errors in the operation are reduced. The coordinated operation of light guidance with the ATOX intelligent roller transport system minimizes operator movements. Overall, ATOX’s light guidance manages to increase the performance of picking staff by over 160%.
The ergonomics of ATOX light guidance favors the productivity of warehouse personnel, even with backup personnel during peak demand. In addition, its flexibility allows adopting different picking strategies (zone picking, batch picking, etc.), the system can be configured according to different workload needs to operate with different numbers of pickers, and provides greater flexibility for optimization. of slotting and the implementation of the ABC classification of inventory.
ATOX committed to the logistics sector
During the VIII Conference on Warehouse Automation, in addition to being a speaker, ATOX also participated in the talks-debates, as part of its philosophy of collaboration, information sharing and its commitment to boosting productivity in the logistics sector by optimizing of storage spaces and productivity in handling processes.
Víctor Burón, ATOX Soluciones Tecnológicas consultant, answered the attendees’ questions about strategies to efficiently automate order preparation, discussed the issue of return on investment from automation and provided the experience of ATOX Storage Systems which, with more than 50 years of history, has optimized warehouse intralogistics in most business sectors throughout various countries in Europe and Latin America.
ATOX Storage Systems is a manufacturer of internationally renowned metal racking, storage systems and automation solutions. ATOX designs and adapts its storage solutions to the specific needs of each warehouse, increasing the profitability of warehouses by optimizing storage space and agility in intralogistics processes.
