Pick-by-Point®
This specialized picking method uses moving light sources (moving heads) to precisely mark locations with a glowing dot. This marking helps the picker locate storage locations very quickly and provides optimal support during picking or sorting. The task is confirmed using a wireless button or scanner. The method can optionally be combined with Voice Picking or Pick-by-Watch .
The movable light source precisely marks locations with different colors from a great distance
Moving heads are ubiquitous in stage technology. A concert without these light sources is unimaginable today. A few years ago, LUCA successfully implemented the technology in warehouses and named it Pick-by-Point®. The brand is protected by LUCA’s patent. The moving light point marks the storage locations. The idea is very simple and practical and can be used to mark containers, pallets, and small and large compartments at a distance of approximately 20 meters. The quantity of items or the storage locations within a cart, along with other characteristics, are displayed on screens or announced via voice prompts as needed. The quantity is not always important during picking. In the automotive sector, the quantity is usually constant. Completion of tasks is confirmed via scanners, Pick-Radar®, or voice commands (Voice Picking).
The launch of Pick-by-Point VW in Wolfsburg has generated a lot of interest.
The launch of our Pick-by-Point® solution at VW in Wolfsburg took place in 2010. The use of LUCA technology for replenishment control and the sequencing of door handles made it onto the cover of the VW magazine “autogramm Wolfsburg 06-07/2010.” It wasn’t just VW Wolfsburg that was very proud of the LUCA solution. News of Pick-by-Point® spread very quickly to all other VW plants and VW brands. Some SKODA employees were particularly enthusiastic about the solution, which was also specifically recognized some time later (see below). The first VW system is still in operation today in Wolfsburg at a service provider, the company Schnellecke, and is used to supply the production line at the VW plant for the Golf, Touran, and Tiguan. The innovative Schnellecke company has since deployed several LUCA systems worldwide.
ŠKODA Auto Receives Award for Implementing Pick-by-Point Its Order Picking Process
At the Innovation Day held in June 2012 by the Volkswagen Group (in Martorell, Spain), ŠKODA won the grand prize for “Best Logistics Innovation” for the implementation of our Pick-by-Point® solution. We are delighted that this LUCA solution has received such high recognition within the VW Group. We would like to thank SKODA for recognizing the innovative LUCA solutions for sequencing and order picking, which have been installed in more than 200 different systems at the SKODA plants (in Mlada Boleslav and Kvasiny).
Pick-by-Point® is ideal for specialized tasks
Our Pick-by-Point® solution has established itself as an integral part of logistics solutions. Several universities and renowned research institutes, such as the Fraunhofer Institute in Dortmund (Mr. Detlef Spee), have also installed the LUCA solution on their campuses to introduce the technology to the next generation of logistics professionals. Pick-by-Point® is featured in several reference books and educational materials.