Monday, January 7, 2008

Practices of Material Handling Equipment

Company introduce practices in order to save costs and increases the profits. With Material Handling Equipments, it reduces work time, in a safer way and increase efficency. As mentioned in the previous entry, mater handling equipment allows movement of products through the warehouse in a more easy way. Examples include Automated Guided Vehicle Systems.

To bring out the best in the equipments,warehouse automation is used in line with a well planned put- away processes. One of the best practice companies put in place is the flexible and efficient material handling processes with the help of up to date technology to ensure that the needs and wants in business are met.

Common material handling automation


RF equipment: Employing RF terminals in lift trucks and portable RF devices, boost productivity and reduce data entry errors. These devices,with the warehouse management system (WMS) can send employees product move tasks and give information about the product that needs to be moved.It can also work with bar coded labels or RFID tags.

Automated conveyor systems:will sort products accordingly into the right place,thus reducing travel time and handling. Productivity and labor costs can be significantly improved when transit time from receiving areas to storage zones is shortened, or when product is relocated and stored in case-size lots.

Automated storage/retrieval systems: AS/RS benefits are maximized storage space, increased put-away productivity, reduced warehouse labor and improvements to put-away accuracy. this is effective when it comes to narrow aisles and extremely high racks in large output in distribution centers (DC). although AS/RS is a capital intensive practice, however, if things are planned carefully and thoroughly, it is as efficient as other practices.

Entry by: Julia

Ref:http://multichannelmerchant.com/opsandfulfillment/warehouse/material_handling_putaway/



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