Operators demonize walking because, let’s face it, most walking in warehouses is inefficient. Associates spend precious hours pushing manual carts, searching for the right aisles and rummaging for the correct SKUs instead of actually picking inventory. Logistics VPs get so frustrated about their slow pick rates and low throughput that they turn to traditional automation solutions, like conveyor based pick-modules, pick-to-light, and goods-to-person technologies. These vendors tell operators that caged off and anchored down steel and motors is the only way to fix their walking problems.
That’s fine, if you’ve got millions to spend, and years to wait for a return on investment. We’ve got a better way around this problem: one where you can keep money in the bank, increase the productivity of your existing workforce and match the throughput of traditional automation solutions.
At 6 River we’ve developed a system that eliminates the long walks, reduces the steps in the aisle and speeds up the operator. Chuck delivers work to the operator, eliminating the long walks to and from the active pick and staging areas. Using cloud-based servers and AI, we group similar work together, making the path as dense as possible, reducing steps in between every task. 6RS taps into your Warehouse Management System to combine picking, replen, and other tasks onto a single Chuck. To help do the work faster, we use images and lights to make it very easy for pickers to identify products. All this while pacing and directing the operator through their work with Chuck. Operators never have to push or pull a manual cart or fumble with an RF scanner!
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