In this article, we explain how picking with pick-by-light works best in a warehouse or production facility.
How exactly does pick-by-light picking work?
Pick-by-light picking is a picking method that provides visual support for picking items from a storage compartment. A compartment display with LED, display, and confirmation button is installed at each picking location. The picker follows the LED indicator light and reads the quantity from the quantity display. The LED light color is adjustable. With pick-by-light picking, the removal is confirmed at the acknowledgment button, which results in a paperless stock change in the warehouse management system. Once everything has been picked, a message is displayed. The picker can immediately start the next order.
How fast is order picking with pick-by-light?
Pick-by-light picking is a manual picking method and is very fast. Once the order has been activated by the warehouse management system, the compartment displays on the storage compartments are switched on in real time within a few milliseconds.
The picker can quickly recognize the light signals, read the quantity, and confirm the picks. Training time is minimal. Depending on the layout of the picking zones, a picker can make up to 400 picks per hour . The quality of the picks is also very high.
Quality in order picking with pick-by-light
The quality of order picking using this method is very high. The exact definition of picking errors depends on various factors and averages between 0.03% and 0.1%.
One of the biggest mistakes is when employees count the wrong number of items at the storage location. For this reason, counting scales are used to assist in the process when large quantities are being picked. In this case, we refer to a Pick-by-Weight .
Conclusion
Pick-by-light picking is one of the best picking methods on the market. Confirmation using the confirmation button can also be replaced by an automatic sensor and is very fast. This further reduces the workload for the operator. Their search time is reduced to a minimum.
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