Pick to Light

Rather than being just stand-alone solutions for order picking and consolidation, pick-to-light is increasingly being used in the context of integrated solutions, while new twists on light technology open up new application areas.

A-Plus, a provider of warehouse fulfillment and sortation systems to the regional Southeast Asia ecommerce industry, will work with FastFetch to introduce FastFetch's pick to light, Put Wall, and WCS systems to end users.

A host of tools and enhanced capabilities mean pick- and put-to-light can do more than ever.

In the UK, Crown Paints used voice to bring productivity gains to its pallet-build process that supports the growing need for mixed-SKU pallets needed by its network of 130 decorating centers.

Pick-to-light systems as a user interface have evolved, and the incarnations leverage the core speed and accuracy of traditional light guidance and may also reduce infrastructure barriers of traditional pick-to-light modules or put-to-light systems.

Learn more about your automation options as we delve into 'how it works', ideal operation features for each type, and commonly seen advantages once implemented.

As e-commerce and the resulting need to process many small orders has grown, so have pick-to-light systems. However, the technology has evolved in multiple ways to become easier to deploy for different workflows. Trends include wireless display modules, lights that illuminate an entire compartment and mobile carts with lights.

Hands-free picking slashes training time while integrated software offers analytics for ongoing improvement.

Hybrid of light-directed technology and voice solution boosts productivity in picking, receiving and at the dock.

The pick-to-light devices have improved the manufacturer’s final assembly processes.

Productivity has risen substantially—by 200% so far.

Powered by dynamic, real-time software, light-directed picking and putting technologies have entered a new phase in their evolution.

Winner of MHI Innovation Award announced its first put wall integration in a Capacity fulfillment center.

When business surged as a result of social media and a new distribution method, children’s book distributor Educational Development Corp. designed a new DC, bringing automation to the company’s processes. The result has been considerably more storage and a major improvement in productivity.

New storage systems increase productivity.