For optimum efficiency we either pack into a carton or pick into a tote that would go to the unit sorter based on order types and volumes.”ġ5-inch shelf locations, which can hold up to one carton each, are for the slowest moving titles. The unit sorter will send the books down a sorter chute where the books are packed into a carton designated for each order.
At the unit sorter the books in each tote are inducted onto a conveyor. All other order types are picked into totes and are sent to our unit sorter. Tina adds, “All rush, foreign, dated, consumer, Xmemo or large freight orders are picked into a carton at the flow rack and shelving locations directly into a carton. A user must scan the book to verify picking accuracy before the system will give them the quantity of books to pick from that location.” When picking, the voice unit gives the voice picker that location to pick from. Sharon Lookingbill, Manager, Warehouse, Reorder-Loose Picking, notes, “One thing that is unique to this (voice) system is that the unit will recognize a user’s response based on the way the user trains it and each unit is unique to the user. Each user has a template that is set up in Dematic to recognize their voice responses.” Books are picked using a voice picking system, Dematic. Our loose pick operations consist of three different sized locations based on a 90-day rate of movement for each title. “Every title stored in the warehouse has a loose pick location. We have three systems FORTE (conveyor system), Dematic (voice picking system) and FKI Intelligrated (loose pick unit system) that are communicating with our MARC system during the loose pick and pack process. As part of the warehouse supply chain process, Tina says that using an efficient and productive system, on average, “We pick 8,000 to 10,000 cartons containing 160,000 to 200,000 units/loose books each day across 3 shifts. In our ongoing effort to offer insights into “How Our Books Get to Market,” we present Tina Ruppert, Director, Westminster Operations.
NEWS Loose Picking: How the Westminster Reorder Process Works
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