"Relief Center" automated the distribution center using the solution Lead WMS

2017: Automation of the distribution center

On December 18, 2019 the LogistiX company announced automation of the distribution center "Relief Center" using the solution LEAD WMS.

In a warehouse of the company classical frontal racks, the four-storeyed mezzanine, stacking storage (paper) are used. All goods undergo acceptance, placement, enrollment, sorting, control, a complete set, consolidation and shipment.

The warehouse management system LEAD WMS is most customized under the customer taking into account variability of transactions, and the logic of work is built with the purpose to provide the high speed of assembly of orders and to meet customer requirements.

The technology was developed proceeding from the purpose to achieve the maximum speed of accomplishment of piking and minimization of an assembly time of the order therefore the main focus - on groups of popularity (ABC). The zone of pallet storage is located on frontal racks, a zone of boxed set for processing of boxes with different multiplicity in the same place. In mezzanines piece goods are gathered. All zones of a warehouse are separated on groups of popularity – boxed and piece. Ruchka in boxes can be less popular – group C, and the same handles by the piece can have group A, i.e. the popularity of goods depends on packaging unit.

Key indicator of effective performance – runtime of a piking from receiving before its confirmation – 3-4 seconds. In order that it is more effective to use the place in a zone of acceptance and quicker to release the driver, in a system the functionality of the postponed acceptance is configured. On the first step loads in cargo places are accepted, on the second - move to transit where an object is fixed and its structure is described. The closed pallets leave on placement at once. After acceptance of a task on priorities are appointed to groups of production resources.

Task – as fast as possible to release an acceptance zone to take the following orders. The logic is built by the principle "who the first took": richtrak – we reduce movements, a pedestrian resource – we reduce an equipment run.

It can be recruited from different sections. The order is divided into export whole Palette, a boxed and piece component. LEAD WMS keeps account in different units. If in piece there are not enough positions, a system creates a task for replenishment of a boxed zone through the service order.

In a system the strategy of combination type-setting tar is configured. Employees receive boxes of either one order, or one waybill, or different waybills. At the exit after completion of enrollment employees pass into the sorting mode, type-setting a container move on different target pallets for different target segments.

Process of packaging of a piking in a container and combination of these tar is constructed most conveniently. A system creates tasks in such a way that, having come into one row, the order gathers completely. If the position is in the order far, then it will get already to other task, and it will be selected by other employee.

Task – at the level of accounting to receive a clear understanding that not so with goods, and to provide the high speed of shipment of orders. Any mismatch of a remaining balance should be followed by the indication of the reason which is transferred to a corporate system for further processing.

Because of the huge rate of transactions inventory on events is not always reasonable, it is done in a planned order. Besides it does not give the broad picture of emergence of discrepancies, and the indication of the reasons in this case helps to identify a real problem.

Task for export of paper from a stack – always the most priority in a warehouse. The first released employee takes away flights from a stack and moves them to transport body the first, and shipment of other positions with control of problems of a priority begins only after that