Streamlining Warehousing Operations: The Emergence of Goods-to-Person Automation

Are you ready for a mind-blowing revelation about the world of warehousing? Did you know that as much as 55% of a facility's total labor costs can be attributed to order picking? Yes, you heard it right! But don't worry, because warehouse operators can now take advantage of the most advanced technology to make their operations more efficient, reduce costs, and increase throughput, all while keeping customer satisfaction levels sky-high! Daifuku Intralogistics America is here to revolutionize the game with their expertise in automated material handling solutions, including the game-changing good-to-person picking solutions.

Get ready to take your warehousing operations to the next level with Daifuku Intralogistics America!

Good-to-person picking involves bringing the items to the warehouse worker, rather than having the worker search for the items in the warehouse. This can significantly reduce travel time and increase productivity in the warehouse. With their extensive experience in the field, Daifuku Intralogistics America can help outfit your facility with the right automated material handling system to streamline your operations.

By implementing a good-to-person picking solution, your warehouse can potentially reduce labor costs, minimize errors, increase accuracy, and improve overall efficiency. Moreover, Daifuku's solutions are designed to be safe, flexible, and scalable, ensuring that your warehouse can adapt to changing demands and future growth.

Read on to learn more about the benefits of good-to-person picking and how Daifuku's solutions can help take your operations to the next level.

Key Benefits of Good-to-Person Picking

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Also known as "GTP" or "G2P" picking, good-to-person picking is a common warehouse automation system where the product is brought directly to the worker, usually with a display screen that details the quantity to pick. As the product or stock container of products is brought to the worker, they only have to follow the directions on the display screen.

There are many benefits of GTP picking versus other means. These include:

Improved efficiency

Some picking methods require workers to search for the items themselves, a process that can be time-consuming and inefficient. These conventional methods are known as "person-to-goods" or "PTG" picking. The GTP picking method brings the product directly to the worker, thereby streamlining productivity and efficiency.

Better accuracy

The GTP method reduces the risk of errors in the picking process. Conventional PTG picking methods are prone to errors or sending products to the incorrect location.

Better ergonomics

PTG picking methods require workers to move around on the warehouse floor. This method may also involve reaching for a product, which can take a toll on the body. GTP picking facilitates better ergonomics by bringing the product directly to the worker. This helps reduce the physical labor involved in the picking process and also significantly reduces the risk of injury.

A safer workplace tends to lead to a happier and more productive workforce. It can also help a business reduce its payout on worker's compensation costs.

It's a flexible system

GTP picking is also highly flexible. Warehouse managers can monitor orders and productivity in real time and make adjustments on the fly. Operations can also run around the clock, scaling up with a warehouse during the busy seasons and then seamlessly scaling back down during the non-busy periods of the year.

Maximize storage space

It's also estimated that incorporating GTP solutions into the warehouse can help maximize storage space. In fact, GTP technologies can save up to 90 percent of both vertical and horizontal storage space.

Daifuku's G2P Solutions

Daifuku offers 1:1 GTP and 1:many GTP systems. The GTP system that's best for your warehouse largely depends on the environment, your goals, the products you work with and more. Contact Daifuku today to learn more about our GTP options and let us help you determine which one would work best in your warehouse environment.

Daifuku Solutions for Automating Warehouse Operations

If you want to improve productivity in your warehouse and enhance your operations, Daifuku can help you with various solutions. As a global leader in material handling, we specialize in automating your operations with tailored solutions that suit your business, budget, and goals.

Our team of experts will work with you to develop a custom material GTP strategy that is proven, efficient, effective, and specific to your needs.

Many of our solutions incorporate advanced automation and machine learning to drive productivity. Here's an overview of some of these solutions:

Pick-to-light

One solution that blends GTP and PTG is a pick-to-light system. In these layouts, various pick zones are set up on the shop floor and corresponding lights blink next to the bin the product needs to be selected from. It's an ideal solution for split-case and full-case picking operations, especially if the items are fast-moving or if there is a wide range of products that need to be picked. The system can handle an unlimited number of SKUs and can integrate with WMS and ERP systems.

Put-to-light

Put-to-light is similar to pick-to-light in that it uses lights to guide workers. But it differs in that it's an ideal system for both sorting and picking consolidation, thereby allowing multiple different components of an order to be handled with enhanced accuracy and efficiency. It's easy to integrate (and even easier to learn). And the ROI speaks for itself. Many warehouses that implement this solution experience productivity increases of more than 100 percent soon after integrating the system.

Voice-directed picking

If you're still manually picking products and aren't ready to make the jump to GTP or a more automated solution, a bridge between the two methods is voice-directed picking. With this picking method, workers wear a headset that connects to WMS and ERP systems and works to instruct workers via voice command on where to go to pick products. It's a method that can significantly enhance picking efficiency, especially in more complex environments that don't lend themselves well to the GTP method.

Contact Daifuku Today

Is your warehouse able to deliver at the capacity that you - and your customers - expect? If you're still using old-fashioned picking methods, now's the time to upgrade to more automated solutions. Daifuku is here to help. With solutions that can take conventional PTG operations to the next level and a variety of GTP solutions that can further streamline efficiency and productivity, we're standing by and ready to help you take your operations to new heights.

Contact Daifuku today for more information and to begin automating your picking operations.

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