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Faster, More Accurate Order Fulfillment with Pick to Light

Trying to increase order fulfillment productivity, improve picking accuracy and keep your labor costs down? Pick to light, also called pick-to-light or PTL, is a light-directed warehouse picking technology that provides an accurate and efficient method of paperless picking, putting and sorting of products.

A versatile option for numerous order processing and fulfillment applications, pick to light systems are especially effective in zones with high pick volumes and dense pick faces, where operators using paper, RF, or voice picking methods may spend more time manually looking for the correct picking location than actually walking to it.
 

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How Pick to Light Works

Pick to light systems increase the speed, efficiency, and productivity of picking processes and give your order processing operations the boost it needs. The system 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 fulfill an order.

Pick to light is an easy process to learn—training a picking operator can take between 30 and 45 minutes—which means you can quickly see the benefits of your system soon after implementation.

Software

Bastian Solutions’ Exacta intralogistics software allows for stand-alone pick to light use as an order fulfillment software solution or it can be integrated directly into your existing host systems through Exacta WES or WCS software solutions for important order information. As orders are processed, Exacta sends updates back either in real-time as each pick is completed or in batches as individual orders are completed. Detailed operator metrics are displayed through reporting tools in Exacta.

 

Features & Benefits

Pick to light and put to light systems can be used in a variety of applications and with different technologies, from inventory replenishment in pick modules, to order fulfillment with goods to person systems, and more. No matter the specific application, adding pick to light will help:

  • Increase productivity and efficiency
  • Improve order accuracy, +99.5% accuracy rate
  • Reduce labor costs
  • Reduce paper usage and clutter
  • Reduce operator training time
 

Applications

  • High velocity carton flow each picking
  • Carousel light towers
  • Sort bars for batch picking from carousels
  • Full case picking from pallet flow
  • Component picking for kit assembly
 

Considerations

When considering automating your warehouse order picking process and evaluating various technology options, it’s important to consider the following:  

  • Product and workflow 
  • Labor availability  
  • Current and desired throughput rates  
  • Other integrated automated technologies like conveyor or goods to person 
  • Current software systems – WES, WMS, WCS 
 


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J. Knipper & Co.

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Newegg

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Mary Kay

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