Storage & retrieval: Track inventory and finished goods in real time

Realized improvements in operating efficiencies

Increases in operational efficiencies are not limited to the production line. Significant time can be lost attempting to locate a unit for shipment, and an ineffective storage and retrieval methodology and/or lack of returnable asset management strategy can result in over production, late deliveries, inaccurate shipments and significant cost to the bottom line.

Increases in performance are realized through management of real-time location-based inventory. Identifiers on finished goods are automatically scanned into storage bays to give general location data, while shelf locations can be tagged with identifiers to tie individual units to storage locations. Tracking in unstructured storage environments relies on a grid of location tags to localize the asset/pallet utilizing automation applied to mobile vehicles, AGVs, and/or human-operated forktrucks.

• Reduce sourcing time with localized, real-time inventory
• Eliminate time wasted locating a lost finished good
• Eliminate re-runs or production over-runs of lost product for fulfillment

Increases in quality are realized through proper sequencing and automatic order verifications. Workers are notified in real time if a unit picked up is out of sequence or incorrect. Shipment sequencing is verified again at the point of embarkment, and an automatically generated shipment manifest records the chain of custody of finished and shipped goods for fulfillment.

• Eliminate incorrect pallet quantities and product mismatch
• Verify shipment sequencing for JIT manufacturing