Overview
The Dematic Automated Piece Picking System for Parts and Components uses a high-density automated storage sub-system with goods-to-person order assembly to support parts and components distribution. The system is ideal for handling the fulfillment of replacement parts and components with small to medium sizes and weights.
The objective is to optimize order fulfillment with process improvements and automation. The system provides operational efficiencies, reduces operating costs, ensures service-level agreements, and improves order accuracy.
Benefits
- Supports omnichannel strategy with multichannel order fulfillment capability
- Dematic software optimizes workflows and accommodates peaks/valleys in order volume
- Picking directly to order carton reduces process steps
- Manual pick face replenishment and slotting eliminated by Dematic Multishuttle sub-system
- Orders picked in advance and staged in shipping buffer by Dematic Multishuttle
- Robotic palletizer makes pallet build process more productivity and accuracy
- Will-call order placement and pick up available for urgent orders
- Reduces operating costs, errors, time for process transactions
System description
The Dematic Automated Piece Pick System for Parts and Components has a pre-engineered, standardized design configuration to ensure consistent performance, operational flexibility, and scalability.
The system enables multichannel distribution and supports an omnichannel customer experience that allows products to be accessible online anywhere, anytime. The order fulfillment system processes website and phone orders. Orders ship from the facility to dealers or regional distributors and retail stores. Consumers can go to the facility storefront for will-call pick-up. Orders can also be sent directly to consumers.
System management
The Dematic WES software manages a continuous flow of orders for processing downloaded from the host WMS. This processing strategy increases productivity and operational effectiveness by synchronizing workflows in real time. It operates dynamically by managing a revolving queue of orders. Work is pulled to resources so the software can process orders on-demand, continuously, and dynamically instead of in pre-defined static waves.
Every time an order completes, a new order is activated for processing. The software evaluates each order upon receipt and constantly re-calculates urgency level for real-time prioritization, planning, and execution. It adds the next best order to execute based on priority and resource availability.
The software continually evaluates and re-prioritizes the order queue. The assignment of orders is always adjusting to current conditions. New orders can be added at any time. This strategy improves productivity, reduces overall order processing time, and supports faster fulfillment of priority orders. It produces a smooth and consistent operating environment.
Warehouse Management System (Host)
- Order entry
- Inventory
Fulfillment orders
Status and completion
Dematic Warehouse Execution System
- Order management, plan, execution
- Order attributes, priority, changes
- Inventory location management
- Inventory allocation, tracking
- Synchronize and optimize processes
- Balance workload
- SKU pick strategies
- Visibility and insight