It’s a fact, that when your warehouse get more automated, you will have more control and real time visualization of it. This brings you many advantages, like having a higher Return of Investment (ROI).
Now we will analyze the most recommended technologies to optimize the warehouse operations of your Company or inside your Logistics Centre.
VLM Technology
It is very simple to automate your warehouse with the VLM (Vertical Lift Module) technology. This kind of technology gives you more control and helps you optimize the area or room if it’s needed. Additionally, using the included software, control will be immediate and complete.
Usually applied to: materials' stock, spare parts' stock and storage of raw materials, among others.
Defining one or another will depend on the application and the products offer that you have. One of the great advantages is, that it lets you have free location, which means having your warehouse anywhere you need or decide.
WMS and WCS Software
In which area, do you find more losses in time efficiency? Where does your shrinkage is? Once you determine these, it will be easier to evaluate the kind of automation you need inside your warehouse.
For example: if your receiving area needs more control, you can use a scanner with the WMS software to get more control in real time.
If what you need is having more control from the exit to the shipping area, the WCS software and conveyors implementation with direct load to the truck will effectively register the outcoming products from the warehouse.
Horizontal and Vertical Carousels
If you want to save space, maximize assortment accuracy and productivity, and automatically manage inventories, the best option are horizontal and vertical carousels.
This technology is one of the best solutions to different needs such as: safeguarding of neuralgic parts, assuring the quality of the assortment, forming sub-assemblies (kitting), among other functions.
Saves in useful area can achieve up to 75% and an increase in productivity up to 60%.
You can have different control points within your Logistics Centre, but prior analysis and evaluation are required to ensure the best automated technologies. These are just some of them but there is a wide range according to your need.
To avoid losses and grievous mistakes inside your Logistics Centre, we bring you closer to automated technologies, that will help you increasing productivity in all your operations.
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