Germantown, WI -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/15/2010 -- All Lightning Pick hardware runs on an integrated network that has been tested and proven by recognized leaders in material handling excellence. With over 500,000 live light devices installed, Lightning Pick is the number one provider of light-directed systems in North America.
There have been many breakthroughs in light-directed order fulfillment technologies which strongly differentiate the more sophisticated systems of today from their legacy counterparts. In the September issue of Modern Material Handling Lightning Pick is cited by Sara Pearson Specter, Editor at Large. In the article Spector suggest that the trend toward multi-modal picking has turned many pick-to-light suppliers into picking solution providers— who offer a complete package combining pick to light, voice and hand-held RF devices to run on a single, unified warehouse control system (WCS) that communicates with the warehouse management system (WMS).
“Vendors are also providing users with the ability to pull more information directly from the pick-to-light system. There’s been an increased emphasis on dashboards and remote reporting for specific monitoring of picking productivity and enhanced labor tracking,” noted Jim Bast, general manager of Lightning Pick Technologies (262-250-2100, www.lightningpick.com). “They go back to the WMS to get broader information, but if they want to focus specifically on picking, now they have the tools to see that.”
Spector suggested that dashboard reporting directly from the pick-to-light system can be monitored within a single facility, or compared to data from other facilities in the network for an enterprise-level view of picking metrics.
Pick-to-light hardware itself has evolved. While its functionality remains the same—an indicator light illuminates, corresponding numbers display pick quantity, and the picker Because it’s a visual system, pick to light delivers efficient, productive picking. Additionally, by avoiding any language barriers lights are easier to train on than voice, making it ideal for use by seasonal workers.
Over the years ‘Pick-to-Light’ has become the generic industry term encompassing all light-directed order selection and sortation systems, differentiating the overall approach from paper-based picking, RF picking, voice-directed picking and other methods. Even users of Put-to-Light for direct-to-consumer fulfillment or retail store replenishment operations (sometimes called Pack-to-Light) often recognize themselves as ultimately being part of the Pick-to-Light universe. The emerging term ‘Build to Light’ distinguishes light-directed systems used specifically to enhance production related processes from Pick to Light solutions developed to meet warehousing and fulfillment challenges.
About Lightning Pick
For over 25 years and across 500 installations worldwide, Lightning Pick Technologies has delivered advanced order picking technologies on time, on budget, every time. Lightning Pick has best-in-class applications for Pick to Light, Put to Light, Pack to Light (Put to Store) Voice and RF systems support lean supply chain processes from manufacturing through order fulfillment. As a result, Lightning Pick clients improve their level of service, achieve superior order quality, and advance their positions in the market. Build-to-Light is an important cost-effective advancement.
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Joe Pelej
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