Mobility Experts: Manufacturing - Warehouse Picking

The pickers in your warehouse play an important role in customer satisfaction - they are one of the last links in the internal supply chain that can make or break your ability to deliver the right order on time. Inefficiencies in this extremely labor-intensive process can substantially reduce output, resulting in shipment delays. Sub-standard quality control in the picking process can result in the shipment of the wrong items - an error that can impact your customer relationships.

An end-to-end mobility solution from Motorola and Zebra can improve the speed and accuracy of your picking operations, improving output, and ensuring that the right items are shipped on time. With a mobile computer in hand and a small mobile printer worn on a belt, pickers can begin the selection of an order by printing a pick slip that will also serve as the packing slip right on the spot - no need to travel to a printer in a different location. The mobile computer organizes the picking order to minimize travel time throughout the warehouse, providing employees with the most optimal route to the exact pick location for each product on the pick list. A quick scan of the item before picking instantly verifies that the right product was selected - and workers can check off the items as they are selected on the pick list to double-verify picking accuracy. And if any items are missing labels or are labeled incorrectly, pickers can immediately print out the right label, streamlining inventory management.

As a result, picking time is minimized while picking accuracy is improved, improving productivity and customer satisfaction.