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Material Handling Information - Workers Walk Long Distances
Ergonomics
Workers Walk Long Distances
Workers walking and searching for material increases cycle time and reduces productivity.
An end-of-aisle workstation at the
mini load
at
Northwest Airlines
gives workers access to thousands of SKUs in just seconds.
Problem
Workers spend too much time walking and searching for materials.
Picking sheets give no direction for efficient picking routes.
Duplicate material stored throughout facility.
Solution
Bring materials to the worker for picking using
mini load
,
unit load
, or
high-speed box buffers
,
carousels
, lifters,
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV)
,
Sorting Transfer Vehicles (STV)
, or
conveyors
.
Store material using vertical space to condense picking function into a smaller square footage area.
Implement directed picking techniques using technology such as pick-to-light or directed picking through RF terminals.
Case Study Applications
Bobson
Excel
Gardetto's
Hewlett-Packard
KSK Pharmaceuticals
Northwest Airlines
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