Numina’s Warehouse Tech at ProMat
Numina Group, a material handling order fulfillment automation integrator, will demonstrate several of their key technologies, including pick by voice, pick and pack to light and exclusive print and apply labeling solutions integrated for automating pack and ship operations at next week’s ProMat (Booth S4237).
The show takes place 8-11 April at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Numina Group’s family of automation technologies are managed by RDS, a highly scalable Real-time Warehouse Execution and Control Software, WES-WCS Platform. One-Step-Plus and X-Press PAL print and apply labeling systems streamline parcel shipping and manifesting. These systems scan, weigh and dimension carton shipments and auto apply a combination packing sheet and shipping label. The systems reduces 35 seconds of labor from every parcel order.
Additionally, Dan Hanrahan, Numina Group’s President will present “A Practical and Cost Effective Approach to Deploying Autonomous Vehicles for Pick, Pack and Ship Wednesday, April 10th at Theater B 3:45 to 4:30.
Technologies to be demonstrated at Booth # S4237 include:
- One-Step-Plus Print and Apply Labeling – Automates Pack Sheet/Shipping Label and Manifesting
- X-Press PAL Print and Apply Labeling
- RDS Pick by Voice
- Print, Fold, Insert Pack Automation
- Put to Light Order Consolidation
RDS Pick by Voice technology is speaker independent, requires zero voice training, combines voice commands/responses and hands-free camera based barcode scanning. The voice picking application supports pick to carton, batch carts, fork trucks, and conveyor picking. RDS also includes optimized order release and cartonization logic. RDS’s voice pick and pack validation technology provides a single touch, highly accurate means for a new or temporary operator to be productive in minutes.
Auto Print Fold Insert (PFI) prints, folds, and auto inserts from one to seven 8.5″ x 11″ packing sheets into multiple height and carton sizes. PFI automates out the bottleneck of manual order documentation with insertion of packing sheets, return labels, promotional materials, coupons, and other requirements as needed. PFI technology can scale from 10 to 50 or more CPM operations to reduce 30 or more seconds of labor from every shipment.
One Step Plus Print and Apply labeling auto applies a combination full 8.5” x 11” packing sheet and shipping label to full case or re-packed mixed SKU cartons to reduce 30-45 seconds of labor per parcel shipment. The system is ideally suited for high volume E-com and B2B order fulfillment applications that require a full 8.5” x 11” packing sheet such as medical device manufacturers, hospital supply shippers, and retailers providing e-commerce order fulfillment services for Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, QVC, and others.
X-Press PAL™ Print and Apply Labeling auto applies one or more 4” x 6” pack slips under a removable 6” x 8” shipping label. X-Press PAL automation includes inline scan, weigh, dimension with automatic application of packing slips, compliance, carton content, and shipping labels.
ProMat takes place 8-11 April at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Put to Light Order Consolidation Put wall order consolidation technology essentially sorts by lights and allows parallel batch order picking across multiple pick zones. At the order consolidation area, operators scan and put the batch picked SKU’s to order consolidation shelf positions at a rate of 400 to 500 items per hour. Put to light is a highly efficient and cost effective way to batch pick hundreds of orders throughout the DC, gaining 30% to 50% higher productivity than discrete order picking.
RDS Pick by Voice combined with Put to Light order consolidation provides the ability to batch pick hundreds of orders in a fast and highly accurate manner across all warehouse zones. Order totes or hamper carts are directed to the Put Walls for order consolidation and pack to shipping cartons. Batch cart picking is ideally suited to the latest generation of autonomous vehicles that automate the transport of the batch pick cart to the put walls, packing, and shipping areas.
Numina Group’s Real time Distribution System (RDS) is the industry’s most complete and scalable Warehouse Execution and Control System (WES-WCS). RDS is a modular, high performance software that controls and manages a wide array of automation technologies to streamline the entire pick, pack, and ship order fulfillment operation. RDS easily interfaces to virtually every major ERP/WMS including Net-Suite, Oracle, SAP and homegrown systems.
RDS Order Fulfillment Automation Modules Include:
- Interfaces to bolt on automation to virtually every leading ERP/WMS System
- Cartonization, Order Release, and Work Balancing across zones
- Pick by Voice – Batch Cart, Fork Truck and Conveyor Picking
- Pick to Light Picking & Put to Light Order Consolidation
- Labor Tracking and Reporting across all operations
- In-line Scan, Weigh, Dimensioning (SWD) and Order Vision Audit
- Conveyor Control and High Speed Sortation
- Pack Sheet Print and Insertion Automation
- Print and Apply Labeling tunnels for multi-sided application of Pack Slips, Pack Sheets, Shipping Labels, Compliance, ASN, UCC, and Hazmat Labels at 15-60 CMP per line.
Define & Design Process Improvement Services:
- Facility Selection & Sizing
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement & Technology Evaluation Services
- SKU Slotting and Profiling
- Material Handling System Design
- Conveyor, ASRS, Robotics and High Speed Returns and Order Fulfillment Sorting
- Turnkey System Distribution Center design and Implementation
About Post Author
