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Order Picking

What:

Order picking or order selection is the process of retrieving individual items to fulfill an order. Order picking involves locating stored items, automatically or manually selecting those items and then sorting and assembling them into orders.

Where:

Every facility involved in distribution, manufacturing, wholesale and retail operations.

Why:

Efficient order picking is always the goal. The question is how efficient is efficient? The short answer is if it meets your financial business plan. Organizations ran to pick-to-light flow rack as a way to double its throughput. This system works great, when applied to fast moving inventory. Facilities now find themselves with the vast majority of their inventory in flow rack whether it’s a fast, medium or slow mover… a totally inefficient strategy.

The question is how can you increase order picking efficiency to gain a strategic business advantage? This often means looking into systems and methods which can dramatically improve your throughput by 600%, improve space savings by 85%, reduce labor by 2/3 while improving accuracy to +99.99% levels.

KardexRemstaKardexRemstar’s automated storage and retrieval solutions are designed to do exactly this in the proper applications. KardexRemstar is experienced in helping you analyze your data to create the best strategy in handling all the different types of items in your inventory. Not all SKUs are created equal… don’t treat them that way!

KardexRemstar Order Picking Solutions

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Order Picking News:
	Recognizing How To Handle Slow To Medium Movers Can Significantly Improve Order Picking Operations
	Batch Picking Increases Throughput Up To 600% In Order Fulfillment
	Ncof2004 Tradeshow
	KardexRemstar QuickPick Family of Pick-to-Light Systems Improve Efficiency, Accuracy and Order Filling Productivity
	Slotting Balances Storage Space With Productivity Needs

Benchmark Briefings:
	Reduced Floor Space by 84%, Increasing Productivity 70% and Improving the Work Environment.
	Tissue Distribution Company Uses VLMs to Cut Floor Space in Half With 12 Month ROI
	Mazak Increased Productivity 80% Using 44% Less Labor
	Cadillac Dealership Expands Part Department & Saves 2,000 Square Feet of Space.
	Vertical carousel system adds space, improves service efficiency at busy Scottsdale automotive dealership
	Hayes expands internally with Shuttle™ VLM to eliminate walk & search time & triple manufacturing space
	Nazarene Publishing integrates e-commerce & traditional sales into one high speed pick & return system
	“The number of orders we process per man-hour has more than doubled, we can ship upwards of 98% of our orders within 24 hours.”
	Galloway Ford Speeds turn around time in parts department with automated vertical carousels
	E-Tailers & retailers turn to third party logistics company & integrated horizontal carousel solution for fast 24/7 fulfillment
	Horizontal Carousel System Increases Throughput By 344% In Repair Parts Distribution Center
	Increasing Throughput By 500% Cures High Cost of Distributing Hospital Supplies
	Pharmaceutical Retailer Discovers Payback with DC Carousel System
	Order Picking Costs Reduced by 88% With Perfect Accuracy
	Horizontal Carousel System Helps Cut Shipping Time In Half With One Worker and Minimal Floor Space
	Carousels & VLMs Help Support Over 500,000 Surgeries Per Year & 2,200 Orders Per Night
	Centralized storage of SMT reels yield 73% space savings and 50% increased equipment productivity.
	Gucci Recognizes The Sweet Smell Of Distribution Success
	Bauer Compressors Regains 91% Floor Space and Increases Parts Inventory by 50%!
	Aerial beauty supply DC tames the beasts of demand & performance
	Automation Allows Growth While Freeing Up Production Floor Space & Adding More Part Numbers
	Using Horizontal Carousels, Orders Are 83% Faster & Out the Door in 20 Minutes!
	Streamlining Aftermarket Fulfillment Increases Efficiencies for Gardner Denver
	Horizontal Carousels Combined with Lean Efforts Improve Stockroom Productivity, Reduce Labor and Increase Accuaracy with 18 month ROI
	Shuttle VLMs Help Meet Lean Objectives by Increasing Productivity 44% and Reducing Labor in 70% Less Floor Space