Pick-by-Cart Picking Cart

Pick-by-Cart Explained Pick-by-Cart

As Pick-by-Cart refers to a picking cart with a mobile pick-by-light system permanently installed on it. This picking method is ideal for Multi-Order-Picking . The picker is guided through the warehouse via route optimization and picks multiple orders simultaneously.

Multi-Order-Picking cart for Multi-Order-Picking

The multi-tier cart Multi-Order-Picking the best Multi-Order-Picking for Multi-Order-Picking . Individual bins or boxes are placed on the cart’s shelves and recorded. Picking multiple orders simultaneously significantly speeds up the picking process.

The route-optimized control system enables the entire picking cart to be filled in a single pass. The challenge lies in distributing the items correctly and quickly across multiple order bins. Pick slips, Pick-by-Scan even Voice Picking are Voice Picking here. Other picking systems are also suboptimal. To ensure efficient operation, the Pick-by-Cart Pick-by-Frame® system described here is used.

Pick-by-Cart . Pick-by-Frame®?

The two methods differ very little in terms of the process itself. The key difference lies in how the work steps are distributed within the warehouse.

The Pick-by-Cart permanently mounted Pick-by-Light displays is used when an employee keeps their cart with them at all times while working and handles the entire process—from preparation to picking and packing—on their own. In Pick-by-Cart , the number of pickers and the number of picking carts in the warehouse Pick-by-Cart the same.

Pick-by-Frame® is used when multiple employees are involved in order preparation, picking, and packing. The frame is used only during the picking process. The supporting technology—including Pick-by-Light, Wi-Fi, and rechargeable batteries—is mounted on a separate, mobile rack and “docked” to a cart. The cart and the frame are registered with and controlled by order management via scanner or RFID. Preparation and packing are carried out by other employees. The picker always keeps their equipment, and the marked picking cart is passed on. With the Frame system, the same picking cart can also be used by multiple employees in different aisles or on different floors. With Pick-by-Frame®, the number of frames and the number of pickers are equal. The ratio of frames to picking carts should be > 1:2.

The picking process

With Pick-by-Cart , the only difference is that Pick-by-Cart to dock the cart. Otherwise, the process is the same as with Pick-by-Frame ®.