Order Picking Case Study
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“Software by SSI Schaefer manages the entire goods- to-man picking system”
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istributor of a wide range of prescription and ‘over the counter’ products to pharmacies and hospitals
from a number of sites around Australia, Symbion made the decision to set up a goods-to-man picking system from SSI Schaefer at its distribution centre in Perth. The system consists of six Schaefer Carousel Systems (SCS) serving two high productivity pick- to-tote workstations. This way, up to 6,000 slow moving SKUs are stored in totes within a compact area of just 1,000 sq m. Incoming goods are decanted into storage totes, which are auto- matically stored directly
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Symbion, one of Australia’s leading pharmaceutical wholesalers, is progressively implementing an automation system from SSI Schaefer to reduce operating costs, improve fulfilment quality and shorten order response times.
into the SCS. Small and slow-moving items are sorted in totes with dividers. As orders are released into the system for picking, order totes are routed via conveyor to the two goods-to-man pickstations which each handle seven orders at a time. The SKUs required to fulfil the orders are auto- matically retrieved from the carousels and delivered to the pickstations as required. A screen at the station shows the op- erator the quantity to pick from the SKU tote and displays above the order totes indicate which orders are to receive items and how many. Light curtains above the order totes are used to ensure items are placed in the correct totes and optionally to automatically acknowledge the pick. Where there are multiple SKUs stored in a tote, an overhead light array high- lights the compartment out of which the operator must pick. Because the goods are brought to the operator at the picksta- tion, no walking is required and operators can pick up to 1,500 pieces per hour. Software by SSI Schaefer manages the en- tire goods-to-man picking system. It receives data from the host computer and controls the storage and routing of the storage totes as well as the conveying and processing of order totes. The software also provides a comfortable user interface, which allows access to helpful reports and statistics. n
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