New Pick to Light Standalone Kitting Application from ASAP Automation


(Louisville, KY) As part of ASAP's picking automation solutions, a new standalone Pick to Light application was recently developed and installed. It is completely self-contained, requiring no interfaces to any outside system as orders or kits are set up using the Exacta Manager utility. This standalone picking system reduces installation time, risk and cost, and is perfect for kitting and other value-add applications. Operators are trained in minutes on how to use the system with little to no learning curve, keeping production moving.

Acculight(TM) Pick-to-Light devices are installed at each location. The lights can be mounted on a variety of shelving, including carton-flow rack, pallet rack or tubular rack. Locations, products and kit combinations are set up through Exacta Manager, Exacta's web-based administration utility. Once the products are assigned locations, operators are ready to pick.

To perform picking, the operator simply scans a barcoded kit ID of the kit they would like to pick. Once scanned into the system, the required pick to light location devices are lit up to indicate what items the operator needs to pick. All locations can light up at the same time, or they can light up in a sequence, instructing the operator to pick the parts in a specific order. Multiple operators can be picking the same kit in separate zones depending on product slotting for true parallel processing. Authorized operators can quickly add new kits and components as well as change components from one location to another.

The system supports different models of Acculight(TM) Pick-to-Light and ASAP's PictureView(TM) Pick-to-Display devices, giving customers the flexibility to choose the device (or devices) that work best for their application. Like ASAP's other Pick-to-Light applications, this type of system can easily be scaled to accommodate any number of kits, components or operators.

ASAP Automation provides Supply Chain Execution (SCE) Software and Automation Technologies. The Exacta Warehouse Manangement System software suite integrates with: Pick-to-Display, Pick-to-Light, Pick-to-Voice, Carousels, AS/RS, Robotics, and a wide variety of other advanced picking automation. Please visit our website at www.asapauto.com.

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