Warehouse facilities must use an order picking system to fulfill customer orders and keep products stocked. Just a few years ago, manual operations were common. In other words, someone placed items in a stock area, and another person came by and picked each item. For many years this was the only method possible, but thanks to modern computer technology, light picking, sound picking and fully automated systems like the Opex Perfect Pick make the job easier and allow workers to fill orders with greater efficiency and accuracy. Here is how the Opex system works.
Intelligent iBots
iBots are computer software driven agents capable of accessing and filtering information and acting upon the information they receive. When someone places a specific item or product in an iBot module, it can take the item to its designated stock area for storage. On the other hand, the same iBot can remove items from stock to fill customer orders.
Fully Automated
The Opex Perfect Pick system is completely automated. The entire area is a network of machines, racks, conveyors, and storage areas all in one unit. It takes up very little space for all the work it does. The entire system all fits together in a neat package, and you can easily add on to the system.
Benefits of iBot Systems
iBot systems deliver products in trays or containers, and you can program them to allow for the height of each worker. This creates a safer and more ergonomically controlled work environment. Workers do not need to stretch, bend over, and stoop or climb stairs to a mezzanine.
iBot systems work on redundancy, so you don’t have one failure point if something goes wrong. It takes fewer people to use an Opex Perfect Pick system, and it can run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
