Questions often arise when companies are considering implementing a voice picking system into their distribution or order fulfillment process. Some of the most common questions companies want answers to are:
1) Will this require a significant or costly software upgrade for voice picking to communicate over our wireless network? 2) Will the voice picking software connect with our existing WMS or ERP? 3) Will we achieve our profit and return on investment (ROI) goals? Solutions for Easy to Implement Voice Picking Systems Numina Group provides proven automated warehouse solutions with easy to implement voice picking systems. Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, offers many advantages over traditional warehouse control systems, with flexible modules designed to grow with your business. Our voice picking software is utilized in distribution centers across North America, increasing accuracy and efficiency with pick and put processes. To answer the first question of IT investment, Numina’s voice picking system offers many advantages with a Linux based voice solution. RDS Voice™ operates on virtually any hardware platform including dedicated servers, private cloud-based servers or virtual servers. RDS Voice™ uses small network message files typically under 25k bytes per message to transmit voice instructions and operator confirmation messages. The client-server voice solution processes high volume transactions with minimal impact to wireless network performance. RDS Voice™ is implemented with minimal IT upgrades required. RDS™ warehouse control software is also easily integrated with any existing warehouse management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning system (ERP). Numina offers pre-developed interfaces to virtually any platform, with thousands of installations bolted onto existing WMS systems, including JDA WMS systems running on IBM I-Series AS-400 platforms. RDS Voice™ is proven to provide a quick ROI, typically within one year or less. Numina Group provides detailed process design studies to flowchart streamlined efficiencies, projecting increases in productivity and profitability. Our customers typically experience a reduction in labor costs from 30% to 50%, with increases in profitability of approximately 30%. These positive financial achievements are combined with increases in accuracy to 99.99%, providing customer satisfaction with high quality order fulfillment processes. Numina Group is a leader among warehouse automation companies, providing warehouse execution and control that easily integrates with existing WMS or ERP systems. Let us show you how to improve your accuracy and reduce your costs with proven warehouse automation solutions.
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Whether your order fulfillment operation is B to B or B to C, automating your order processes reaps great rewards in cost reduction while improving profitability. The boost in E-commerce presents new opportunities, along with new challenges, for 3PL companies and distributors. Tedious manual labor tasks produce bottlenecks in your system, often in the area of packing, printing and applying labels or sorting. Warehouse control systems alleviate bottlenecks with streamlined, real time execution of automation technologies.
Numina Provides Automated Warehouse Solutions The Numina Group is an experienced warehouse automation company, providing automated warehouse technologies which are proven to reduce costs and increase profit. Implementing automated warehouse solutions provides several benefits which include:
Numina Group offers automated warehouse systems which improve accuracy, productivity and profitability. Automating printing and label application or insertion of packing lists, compliance labels and shipping labels significantly reduces labor expenses with increasing throughput and accuracy. X-Press PAL™ Print and Apply labeling offers customized settings for auto applying documents and labels, including:
Numina Group offers decades of industry expertise in warehouse automation, employing skilled technicians and engineers with experience installing warehouse control systems across North America. Numina Group offers vast experience and expertise in designing warehouse distribution processes with real time control. We perform a detailed process design study with recommendations on the automation technologies which offer the most streamlined process for maximum cost savings. Numina Group offers proven automated warehouse solutions with real time execution and control. Our warehouse control system is flexible and scalable, designed to grow with your business. Contact us today to speak with an engineer to learn how you can automate your order fulfillment operation for higher throughput and profitability. When evaluating warehouse control systems, be sure to check out Real-Time Distribution (RDS™) from The Numina Group. Advantages of Numina’s RDS™ Warehouse Execution and Control System, WES-WCS, include extended functionality beyond comparable systems. The flexibility of RDS allows implementation of components integral to your order fulfillment process. Warehouse automation modules include voice picking systems, automatic print and apply labeling, automated conveyors, sorting and inline scanning for weight and dimension verification.
Automate your entire retail order fulfillment process or implement Numina’s selected modules in one specialty fulfillment process as a test run to experience the advantages of Numina’s warehouse control system. Once you see the benefits, you’ll implement streamlined automation throughout your entire warehouse or distribution center. Warehouse Automation Modules Extend Functionality and Flexibility Retail distribution centers that implement warehouse automation modules based on detailed process design studies reap massive rewards in productivity and profitability. Numina provides thorough analysis and detailed, flowcharted design with recommended automation modules and technologies which provide maximum throughput and efficiency. Automated warehouse solutions include: Voice Picking Module – an integral component of realizing maximum return on investment, voice picking improves accuracy to 99.99% while drastically reducing labor costs. Voice picking technology may be deployed to streamline picking, inspection or replenishment applications, or may be combined with additional options such as wave pick optimization and batch picking for maximum productivity. Numina’s Voice Picking System manages the entire order picking process across pick zones. Voice picking typically improves efficiency of employees by at least 30% with hands-free scanning and no operator voice training required. Employees are directed through an optimized path for streamlined picking by an easy to understand, audible voice giving direction and the hands-free headset scanning and confirming picks. Numina Group is a leader among warehouse automation companies, providing superior voice picking technology which is proven to improve accuracy while reducing labor costs. Contact us today to learn more about our warehouse execution and control system, including our superior voice picking system. It takes more than automated order entry and warehouse management software to truly deliver a fully automated warehouse where each department is working together and meeting production requirements with real-time data. Incorporating a warehouse execution and control system into your distribution process reaps big rewards with increased productivity and profitability. Numina Group Offers Real-Time Warehouse Control The Numina Group offers real-time warehouse control with powerful warehouse software and automated technologies working together to streamline pick, pack and ship functions. Our Warehouse Execution and Control System (WES-WCS), Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, provides valuable benefits to our customers resulting in increased performance and profits. RDS is a family of flexible modules which integrates fully with your existing warehouse management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning system (ERP) to deliver automation solutions which provide maximum cost saving efficiency and increase in profits. RDS is powerful warehouse software which drives the following automation solutions: Scan-Weigh-Dimension – Inline scanning which automatically verifies weight and dimension also provides vision inspection and sorting functions. Our inline DIM measurement system closes the loop in pack and ship operations using the actual weight and dimensions to validate content of the order and ensure the lowest parcel shipping costs. One-Step and One-Step-Plus™ - Automatic printing and applying of shipping labels and documents drastically improves labeling operations saving manual labor expenses while increasing accuracy. One-Step-Plus maintains compliance with pharmaceutical and medical device distribution processes which require labeling on the outside the carton. RDS Voice™ - Voice Picking Technology greatly improves throughput and accuracy by directing operators with the most optimized SKU path for pick and put processes. Hands-free scanning drastically improves productivity of warehouse personnel with voice direction and automatic scanning. Regardless of your order fulfillment operation, the need to increase throughput and accuracy while reducing manual labor costs has never been greater. Numina Group is recognized as a leading warehouse automation company, providing comprehensive services to streamline pick, pack and ship functions for high profitability. Contact us today to speak with an engineer and learn how we partner with our customers to deliver total automated warehouse solutions. Pick, pack and ship procedures are the three main components of Ecommerce order fulfillment. The last 100’ of a distribution center, however, is often the bottleneck of the operation as the pack and ship procedures can be time consuming and labor intensive with multiple touches and handling processes. Warehouse automation is the key to improving these processes without increasing labor costs.
Warehouse Control and Execution Systems provide a drastic increase in product processing while also providing a significant reduction in labor expenses. If you want to meet the demands of Ecommerce order fulfillment and poise your business for growth, you need to improve the pack and ship functions with high accuracy and efficient product labeling and sorting. Replacing outdated processes with efficient, lean automation technologies provides rapid return on investment (ROI) while boosting order fulfillment throughput rates. Warehouse Control Systems Solve Labor Shortage Problems It is proving difficult for businesses to continue to meet the increasing demand for same day shipments with the current labor shortage. It is costlier than just a year ago to fill manual labor positions with increasing wages for even entry-level positions required to attract and retain employees. Relying on manual labor for pack and ship operations can prove especially difficult during peak seasons and times of growth. Numina’s Warehouse Control System replaces the tedious tasks of manual labor with dramatic increases in productivity, resulting in immediate return on investment (ROI) while poised for growth. Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, is a flexible family of modules designed to grow with your business. Powerful warehouse control software drives automated technologies that replace the many tedious tasks holding up pack and ship operations including:
This is just a small sample of the tedious tasks that Numina’s warehouse control and execution system performs with high accuracy and increased throughput. Our X-Press PAL™ print and apply labeling system provides automation with accuracy and speed at a rate of 25 cartons per minute. Incorporate RDS Voice™ for increased efficiency in pick and put applications with 99.99% accuracy. The Numina Group is recognized as a leading warehouse automation company, providing comprehensive services including warehouse design and implementation of automated technologies. Contact us today to learn more about our warehouse control and execution systems. Voice picking systems are utilized in distribution centers and warehouse control operations worldwide. The need for e-commerce and omni-Channel centers to operate quickly, efficiently and accurately has never been greater. Many companies are realizing the valuable benefits offered by voice picking systems.
Numina Designs and Implements Warehouse Control with VPS Technology The benefits of voice picking system technology incorporated into your warehouse control system are many, all leading to increased profitability. Real Time Distribution, RDS™, Warehouse Control System by Numina offers several benefits above comparable systems. Benefits of Numina’s Voice Picking System include:
Combine with Numina’s Print and Apply Labeling system and Scan-Weigh-Dimension technology for additional benefits and cost-efficient savings. Numina Group offers decades of experienced in defining, designing and implementing Tier One Warehouse Execution and Control Systems (WES-WCS). RDS™ provides unsurpassed performance in demanding applications, improving productivity and profitability. Contact an engineer today to learn more about the many benefits of our voice picking system. |
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