Boost order processing by reducing worker travel
Summary
Vihamij is a technical wholesale company providing next-day delivery of building materials to direct customers or to its 37 stores across the country. It consists of three LR 35 Vertical Buffer Modules (VBMs) each featuring a turntable and LED pointer. According to Jasper Mulder, a project member with Vihamij who helped devise the new solution, the AS/RS approach does away with the extensive walking to pick locations under the previous methods, while the dynamic, software-driven storage is highly accurate. With the automated, dense storage and the goods-to-person nature of the system, the staffing needs for picking of smaller items have been reduced from six people to two and half. Finally, with the modular nature of the new system, it can be expanded to meet future growth and additional throughput requirements by adding more modules and light-enabled workstations.