Voice directed picking is proven to increase order fulfillment efficiency and accuracy in warehouses and distribution centers. Numina Group is a leading provider of voice picking systems utilized in applications across North America which require a high level of performance and automation. We help companies realize maximum throughput and profitability with advanced automated warehouse technologies.
Numina’s Voice Picking System manages the beginning stages of the order from the initial pick zone, integrating voice commands to direct operators to pick to cartons or split-case orders with a two-level picking module. Voice commands drive responses with hands free barcode scanning for pick and pack validation. Zone routing logic is integrated with automated conveyor systems to enhance the efficient movement of cartons throughout the required pick zones. Voice picking systems coupled with zone routing logic is proven to increase efficiency and eliminate human error, improving accuracy to 99.99%. Voice commands direct the operator to pick the correct box size and affix a barcode label, scanning the barcode directs the operator to the next pick location. Once the picks are complete for that zone, voice commands direct the operator to place the carton on an automated conveyor system. With zone routing, companies enjoy a streamlined and efficient picking process as the cartons only stop at locations required to complete the order without human directed decision making. Voice Picking with Warehouse Control Systems Numina’s Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, is powerful and robust warehouse control software which includes a family of pre-developed modules designed to grow with your business. Our voice picking technology includes a labor management module for labor tracking and reporting. Combine with additional technologies such as automated Print and Apply Labeling, PAL™, to further automate your order fulfillment process for maximum profitability. Numina provides warehouse process analysis and design with recommended automated technologies to meet your productivity and return on investment, ROI, goals. Our warehouse control system is proven to increase throughput and reduce expenses. Contact us today to learn more about our voice picking system with zone routing technology.
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Automated print and apply labeling systems are proven to significantly improve throughput, providing valuable cost saving efficiencies. Print and apply labeling systems eliminate the need for manual application of packing slips or shipping documents including certificates of conformance and compliance labels. Combined packing slip and shipping labels can be automatically applied with accuracy, significantly reducing manual labor expenses and eliminating human error.
Reputable warehouse automation companies will combine several automation technologies to create a touch free total automated solution. Combined with the right warehouse control and execution system, print and apply labeling offers maximum productivity and profitability. Numina Group Offers Print and Apply Labeling Combined with Warehouse Control Numina Group offers comprehensive warehouse automation solutions with real time warehouse control, Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, which includes flexible automation modules. RDS™ is a Tier One Warehouse Control and Execution system (WCS-WES) that is scalable and designed to grow with your business. Print and Apply solutions by Numina include X-Press PAL™ and One-Step Plus™ which automate the printing and application of packing slips, shipping labels or a combination label available with either single or duplex printing. Combined with automatic scanning for weight and dimension verification, One Step plus delivers valuable cost savings to retailer or e-tailer order fulfillment processes. Our print and apply systems process re-packed cartons or full case shipments with accuracy and speed, and easily integrate with any shipping manifest or transportation management system. Numina’s print and apply automated solutions eliminate bottlenecks in your distribution process by automating documentation requirements with high accuracy and reliable labeling. Driven by robust warehouse control software, our automated labeling systems can process up to 25 cartons per minute. Our warehouse control and execution system is proven to improve accuracy, improve throughput, improve profitability, reduce labor costs and manual entry errors. Numina Group offers extensive experience in designing and implementing automated warehouse solutions to order fulfillment applications across North America. We provide comprehensive automated solutions with warehouse control software and advanced automated technologies. Contact us today to speak with an engineer and learn more about our automated print and apply labeling solutions. Integrating a warehouse control and execution system with your warehouse management system could be the game changer you need to reap massive cost saving benefits. Warehouse execution and control systems (WES-WCS) are the driving force behind warehouse automation technologies which reduce labor costs, improve throughput and productivity, providing quick ROI with improved profitability.
Retail order fulfillment and distribution centers across North America are realizing the benefits of Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, warehouse execution and control system (WES-WCS) by Numina Group. RDS provides flexibility and extended functionality with real-time control of high performing warehouse automation technologies, all easily integrated with your existing WMS or ERP system. Implement Warehouse Control with Seamless Integration Implementing warehouse control is easier than you think, when Numina Group provides detailed warehouse design studies detailing the automation technologies to reap the greatest rewards. We offer decades of experience with developing high performance, Tier One warehouse control software and technologies to streamline order processing and warehouse management. RDS consists of a family of flexible modules designed to grow with your business, from automating single sub-tasks to complete warehouse automation. Real-Time Warehouse Control and Execution RDS integrates with your existing warehouse management system to direct order fulfillment applications in the most efficient, streamlined process available. WMS integrated with WES-WCS provides maximum efficiency and automation. WMS systems send order picking details to the WCS, which builds order waves to evenly distribute warehouse tasks. Batch carts may be incorporated to reduce walk time to further streamline the picking process. With voice picking incorporated in the WCS, voice commands direct operators to load carts or totes from pick zones from a lightweight, wearable Wi-Fi computer using natural voice commands. High volume SKUs can be directed onto an automated conveyor system which may incorporate automated print and apply labeling or inline scanning, weight and dimension verification. The WCS and WMS communicate seamlessly, with your WMS system continuing to update inventory records while the warehouse control system provides added value such as labor management and productivity reporting. Numina Group provides detailed time studies to determine the best warehouse automation solution for your order fulfillment process. Our warehouse execution and control system (WES-WCS) seamlessly integrates with your WMS to provide maximum automation and return on investment. Contact us today to learn more about integrating your WMS with a warehouse control and execution system. 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. Incorporating a warehouse execution and control system into your warehouse management, distribution or order fulfillment operation provides dramatic increases to the bottom line. Warehouse execution and control delivers a truly automated operation, enhancing the benefits of warehouse management systems by facilitating real-time control into existing order entry and material requirement systems. Warehouse control is like having a floor supervisor directing each department and adjusting resources appropriately.
Numina Provides Warehouse Control with Real Time Execution Numina is a recognized leader among warehouse automation companies, providing Tier One warehouse control systems which easily integrate with any existing warehouse management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, is powerful warehouse control software which drives advanced automation technologies to streamline picking, packing and shipping processes. RDS™ is a family of flexible modules designed to grow with your business, offering real-time automation with the following order fulfillment functions: Voice Picking System - RDS Voice™ improves accuracy to 99.99% with simple voice commands, directing operators through the optimized path for maximum efficiency with hands free scanning boosting productivity levels. Print and Apply Labeling – Drastically improve labeling operations and save considerable labor expenses with automated printing and applying of packing and shipping documents. Numina’s One-Step and One-Step-Plus™ meet the requirements of medical and pharmaceutical processes with proper labeling applied to the outside of the carton. X-Press PAL™ is a print and apply labeling system which processes up to 25 cartons per minute, eliminating this common bottleneck area from your process. Numina offers a full family of automation modules, including voice picking, print and apply labeling, in-motion scanning for vision audit and weight/dimension verification, semi-automatic or automatic taper/sealer integrated with your void/fill station and automated conveyors tailored to include transfers or diverters for carton routing and automation of packing, sorting and shipping. Numina Group is a leading warehouse automation company, offering vast experience in warehouse design and implementation of automation technologies. We provide a tier one warehouse control system which is proven to reduce costs and increase profits. Contact us today to learn more about how our automated warehouse solutions increase your bottom line. A leading retail order fulfillment company that processed orders for more than 250 retail stores recently replaced their paper picking process with voice picking technology, increasing productivity by an average of 35 percent. In addition to productivity gains, the new voice picking system provided an accuracy level of 99.96% to this company which has more than one million active SKUs operating in a 350,000 square foot facility.
Moving from a paper-based picking system to a modern voice picking system seemed like a monumental task, but with the help of an experienced warehouse automation company, they implemented the new automated warehouse technology with great success. Numina Provides Warehouse Automation Solutions The Numina Group was chosen to implement warehouse automation technology for this retail fulfillment giant, which was utilizing a manual system that was primarily paper based for all picking and replenishment functions. Numina Group was brought in to analyze the operation and provide a detailed design study with automation recommendations. The current operation consisted of pickers following paper instructions and individually picking each item using price label sheets across four standard pick zones. Picks ranged from 30 items to 300 per store, all picked into totes. Once manual picking was complete, a conveyor sorted and transported the totes to the staging area to prepare for shipping. Employees picked items for an average of 63 retail stores per day. Some stores had shipping requirements of 35-40 totes per day while other larger stores required up to 175 totes per day. This paper picking process was very labor intensive and was draining resources and profits. Numina Performs Warehouse Design Studies Numina Group began with a detailed process design study to evaluate the best automation technologies that would provide the most streamlined and cost-efficient solution with maximum return on investment. Numina partnered with company personnel including operations team members and executives to analyze the current order fulfillment process, then defined the leanest approach in a detailed flow chart showing projected return on investment. Multi-modal voice picking technology with hands free barcode scanning was chosen as the warehouse automation technology which would provide the highest and fastest return on investment (ROI). Numina’s study showed that voice picking technology could provide a complete ROI within one year. Implementation of Numina’s voice picking system has exceeded expectations with improvements in productivity of 35% and accuracy to 99.96%, which will provide an even faster ROI. For warehouse automation solutions, be sure to talk with the automation specialists at Numina Group. We provide comprehensive warehouse automation services from defining and designing warehouse systems to implementing Tier One Warehouse Execution and Control systems. Contact us today to learn how you can increase productivity and profitability. Designing your distribution center or warehouse operations by analyzing all systems including inventory management, picking, packing, shipping and receiving achieves maximum cost savings with quick return on investment (ROI). Analyzing each area of warehouse movements reveals areas for improvement, but by combining all systems for total warehouse control, companies realize maximum benefits and cost savings. Performing movement analysis and re-slotting for optimizing pick path is a good first step, but combining streamlined warehouse design with warehouse control, execution and automated technologies drastically improves productivity and profitability.
Warehouse Control and Execution by Numina for High Profitability Numina Group is recognized for implementing lean pick and pack processes which eliminate wasted touches for improved efficiency and accuracy while reducing labor expenses. Improving pick, pack and ship processes with streamlined flow is only part of the equation. To achieve maximum results, distribution operations must invest in a Warehouse Execution and Control System (WES-WCS) to drive the right automated technologies. Numina Group designs, develops and integrates leaner pick processes with voice picking technology that validates pick and put processes with hands-free barcode scanning. Operators achieve maximum efficiency with automatic hands-free SKU validation for upstream pack automation. Incorporating print and apply labeling further enhances automation in the packing process with automatic application of all labeling including shipping and compliance labels. Combined with automated packing applications such as automatic vision in-line scanning for weight and dimension validation and automatic sorting removes wasted touches and replaces them with more accurate, automated processes. Combining these automated warehouse technologies with powerful warehouse control software achieves maximum throughput with realized cost savings. Numina delivers integrated warehouse solutions that utilize minimal conveyor systems and material handling equipment with improved product storage and retrieval processes. We help companies to lower labor costs across all pick, pack, ship and replenishment operations. Numina Group delivers lean, automated order fulfillment operations which reduce costs, improve throughput, accuracy and profit. Contact us today to speak with a warehouse automation expert to learn more about our proven warehouse control system. Distribution centers focused on improvement often direct supervisors and managers to solve daily operational problems by focusing on specific departments within the operation. A more effective approach occurs when combining an efficient, streamlined design with automated technologies integrated into the entire distribution center. Warehouse automation such as voice picking systems which allow for hands free pick-to-voice processes drastically reduce wasted labor touches while providing employees with the most optimized path flow to pick and put items in packing processes. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary approach used in engineering which combines mechanical engineering with electronics, computers and systems engineering to yield maximum results when automating machines or production lines. This holistic view of produces a more efficient process when electronic and mechanical design teams work together to determine the most advantageous and streamlined operation. Numina Group Provides Holistic Warehouse Design and Automation Numina Group is recognized as a leading warehouse automation company, providing comprehensive warehouse services which improve productivity and profitability. Our designers look at all the moving points in each system along with the big picture of your total warehouse movement processes. We evaluate all mechanical motion from hydraulic and pneumatic motion control, pulleys, gears and motion sensors that define the warehouse system. We deliver a thoroughly planned design which includes implementation of the most beneficial warehouse technologies to yield maximum cost savings. Without this analysis of the big picture, companies will get stuck in compartmentalized thinking which may be difficult to incorporate into the bigger picture without costly alterations. When designed properly, your order fulfillment processes will operate with maximum efficiency as a stand-alone process and also when considered in the overall warehouse movement processes. Our combined effort approach allows for automation in which departmental managers collaborate with other departments to achieve maximum productivity. When the entire pick, pack and ship operations are analyzed and designed to work collectively, distribution centers realize maximum productivity and profitability. Numina Group is a leading warehouse automation company, providing comprehensive services which include design and implementation of automated technologies. Our holistic approach provides maximum benefit to our customers who typically realize ROI within one year. Contact us today to speak with an engineer about our warehouse automation solutions. Consumers today want more from the companies they buy from, they want their products faster with same day shipping at a low cost. Companies are faced with ever increasing competition to deliver on-time order fulfillment, with accuracy and at a low cost to consumers. Retailers have given way to E-tailers in a quest to meet the demands of consumers and keep up with competition. Businesses are expected to deliver more in a faster time, while maintaining a JIT inventory system.
These rapid developments are occurring at the same time the warehousing industry is experiencing a shortage of qualified labor. Along with the increase in demand for hourly labor employees, the pay rate is also increasing. If businesses want to attract and retain employees that exhibit good work ethic and take pride and ownership in their employment, they’re going to pay more than they did just a year ago. What’s the solution for these increasing demands in the midst of a labor shortage? Warehouse Automation allows companies and distribution centers to meet delivery demands with low-touch, lean operations. Numina Delivers Warehouse Automation that Increases Profit The Numina Group offers experienced warehouse design and control to bring increased productivity and profitability to companies and distribution centers across North America. Our Real Time Distribution System, RDS™, automates warehouse order fulfillment and material movement with streamlined processes. Our customers typically enjoy a quick ROI within 12-18 months with an increase in order fulfillment accuracy to 99.99%, a reduction in labor expenses in the range of 30% to 70%, and an increase in overall profitability of 30%. We design your order fulfillment processes to eliminate wasted touches and streamline processes with flexible automation modules that integrate with any warehouse management system, WMS, or enterprise resource planning system, ERP. RDS™ includes a full family of automation modules including our automated Voice Picking System, Print and Apply Labeling, automated cartonization with vision weight and dimension scanning and many other warehouse automation solutions. Numina Group offers total warehouse automation solutions with experienced warehouse design experts. We partner with our clients to determine the optimized flow of material that yields maximum return with reduced touches. Contact us today to learn how we can increase your productivity and profitability with warehouse automation. Automated conveyors are just one component required for successful warehouse automation and control. Prior to selecting automated conveyor systems, a thorough and detailed analysis must be completed of your entire order fulfillment and distribution process. Conveyor systems are a critical component of any distribution and material movement application, although the process should not be designed around conveyors, but rather the other way around.
Numina Provides Detailed and Professional Warehouse Design Numina Group is a team of warehouse automation specialists with decades of experience in defining, designing and implementing the most optimized warehouse design to provide maximum productivity and throughput. We conduct a thorough evaluation including lean analysis with value stream mapping practices, and CAD generated blueprints to display the most advantageous flow for your specific application. Based upon your comprehensive and unique study, the skilled engineers at Numina Group make recommendations for the right technologies and equipment to achieve maximum throughput and productivity while eliminating bottlenecks in your system. Numina is independent of any manufacturer, therefore, our recommendations are completely unbiased and based on the right equipment that will provide maximum benefits to you and your process. Automated Conveyor recommendations may include the following types of conveyors: · MDR 24v · Belt Driven · Chain Driven · Accumulation · Zero Pressure Accumulation · Narrow Belt · Line Shaft · Overhead · Roller · Spiral · Conveyor Sortation Systems Conveyor Systems by Numina Provide Many Advantages Properly designed and implemented automated conveyor systems complement warehouse control systems with speedy, accurate and efficient movement of product. Incorporating the right conveyor systems with Numina’s warehouse control system, Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, yields the greatest return on investment with the following realized benefits: · Faster cycle times · Reduction in labor and operating expenses · Improved accuracy in order fulfillment and distribution processes · Quick custom installations with MDR modular conveyors Numina Group leads the industry with automated warehouse solutions that improve productivity and profitability to numerous industries across North America. Contact us today to learn more about our warehouse control solutions including automated conveyor systems. |
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