Benefits of Pick by Light System

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Benefits of Pick by Light System
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While the demand for increased quality of
convenience in order fulfillment increases,
there's a hands-free solution whose popularity
continues to rise pick-by-light.Pick to
light uses light devices mounted on flow rack,
workstations, or mobile carts to guide operators
to the correct location and quantities of the
items needed to fulfil an order.
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How Does Pick-by-Light Work? RetailPick-by-light
allows picking operators to locate and pack a
customer's orders after they've created an online
shopping list on the store's website. The
customer then visits the store to collect the
packaged items.
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Velocity Pick to light has commonly been used to
facilitate operations needing to move and sort
high velocity items.  This isnt a requirement of
the technology however, it speaks to the speed
of picking that pick to light systems
offer.  There are many factors to consider when
calculating your potential pick speed
lines/order, units/line, walking distance,
scanning requirements, etc.  Regardless of those
requirements, PTL has proven to be a faster
technology than traditional pick methods (paper,
RF scanning), and has an accuracy rate of 99.5. 
It is important to understand these factors that
drive the process to not over/underestimate the
expected operators productivity. PTL operations
can have rates of 350 lines per man-hour or more,
compared to voice picking in the same
applications run 300 lines per man-hour or less
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Production Line The operator can easily locate
parts for assembly inside the inventory room with
the help of LED signals. This collection may be
done before or in the middle of the manufacturing
procedure. Ease of Use Peak seasons drive
temporary labor, its the nature of the
business.  With this, operations do not have the
luxury to train employees for multiple weeks and
get them used to standard operating practices or
cumbersome technologies.  Pick to Light allows
operations supervisors to insert new operators at
will.  Scan the carton, look for the light, pick
the quantity, hit the button.  Rinse. Repeat.
Rinse. Repeat.
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Electronic Shelf Labels with Pick-by-Light
Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) are typically used
to display product prices in an automated manner.
Still, they are more than just displaying
pricesthese digital price tags now come with the
hands-free capability to quickly and easily find
items that need to be picked. This wireless
technology functions along with LEDs and is
confirmed by buttons to enable pick-by-light.
Newtons Pick-by-Light SOLUM offers electronic
shelf labels that are now backed-up by the
all-new Newton system, providing capabilities
that are far from what ordinary ESLs can do. With
Newton, your operations will experience a
smoother, faster, and more streamlined operation.
Here are Newtons top 6 pick-by-light benefits!
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For more information about SOLUMs Pick by Light
system, contact us today and visit us
at http//www.solumesl.com.