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Amscan is looking forward to its first stock take using Voice technology. This additional functionality will provide Amscan operatives with the ability to identify products in specific locations in the distribution centre using check digits, count the number in stock at that time and ‘speak’ the number of items via the device.
This additional functionality will provide Amscan operatives with the ability to identify products in specific locations in the distribution centre using check digits, count the number in stock at that time and ‘speak’ the number of items via the device. The VoiceMan solution will then feed the stock count back to the incumbent warehouse management system (WMS). Amscan believes that Voice will not only increase the speed and accuracy of the stock take, but will also be more user friendly for the operatives. O’Dell concluded: “The partnership approach that VoiteQ takes with their clients has really worked well for us. Working with them throughout the six week trial has enabled us to create a solution which meets our exact needs.”
The VoiteQ solution, built using Vocollect Voice technology, comprises a wearable Voice computer running Vocollect’s Voice Client Voice recognition software attached to a securely fastened belt and headset worn by the employee. This enables interaction between the user and the WMS via VoiceMan middleware. Operatives can work completely hands and eyes free by receiving picking commands from the WMS, via the plug-in headset and the mobile Voice device; the system literally talks the operative through their task.
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David Stanhope, VoiteQ’s CEO commented: “Most people will not appreciate just how many of their party items come from Amscan. They know their market and service it very well. We are always pleased to work in partnership with customers who are looking for new ways of using Voice
Gary Glessner, VP and managing director, Vocollect Europe said: “Voice-directed work is the perfect choice for a seasonal, high product range company such as Amscan. Interestingly, Amscan’s business model is to manufacture and distribute products in such away that it can pass major time and cost savings
technology to enable them to reap the benefits it brings in as many areas of the operation as possible. We believe Amscan’s use of Voice directed stock taking is just one of many ways of using Voice in areas other than ‘picking’, where it has already proven its worth.”
on to its customers. Vocollect Voice is proven to cut the time and cost of picking items for dispatch and therefore will complete the circle of manufacturing and distribution efficiency and cost benefits for Amscan’s, and for its customers.”
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