Automation and equipment

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Automation and equipmentAGV

An automated vehicle that follows a fixed route or guide. Changing the route is an infrastructure job.

See also: AMR (autonomous mobile robot), AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval)

Automation and equipmentAMR (autonomous mobile robot)

A transport robot that senses its environment and plans its own path. More suited to incremental investment and layout change than an AGV.

See also: AGV, Goods-to-person

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Automation and equipmentAS/RS (automated storage and retrieval)

A system where machines store and retrieve goods automatically. It delivers density with a long-term investment and maintenance commitment.

See also: WCS (Warehouse Control System), Goods-to-person

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Automation and equipmentConveyor

Moving cartons and pallets along a fixed line. It speeds flow but permanently fixes the layout and resists change.

See also: Sorter, WCS (Warehouse Control System)

Automation and equipmentForklift terminal

A screen and scanner mounted on the vehicle, allowing pallet moves to be recorded without dismounting.

See also: Handheld terminal and scanner, RF operation

Automation and equipmentGoods-to-person

Bringing goods to the operator instead of the operator walking. It removes travel time and makes station capacity the new bottleneck.

See also: AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval), AMR (autonomous mobile robot)

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Automation and equipmentHandheld terminal and scanner

The device on which operators receive tasks and scan. Device choice, screen flow and charging plan directly affect productivity.

See also: RF operation, Voice picking

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Automation and equipmentPick-to-light

Lights and displays at the location showing the quantity to take. Fast in dense, compact picking areas but needs fixed investment.

See also: Voice picking, Put-to-light

Automation and equipmentPut-to-light

A sortation method where lights show which order a picked item belongs to. Used in the sortation step after batch picking.

See also: Batch picking, Sortation

Automation and equipmentRF operation

Tasks delivered to handheld devices in real time over wireless. A coverage gap drops picking back to paper.

See also: Handheld terminal and scanner

Automation and equipmentSorter

Equipment that automatically separates items by destination. It replaces manual sortation at volume; handling misreads is the critical detail.

See also: Sortation, WCS (Warehouse Control System)

Automation and equipmentVery narrow aisle (VNA)

A layout whose aisle fits only a specialist truck. Capacity rises; without WMS task sequence and collision rules the aisle locks.

See also: Warehouse layout, Forklift terminal

Automation and equipmentWCS (Warehouse Control System)

The layer that drives equipment such as conveyors, sorters and AS/RS in real time. WMS answers “what to do”, WCS answers “how the machine does it”.

See also: WES (Warehouse Execution System), AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval), Sorter

Automation and equipmentWES (Warehouse Execution System)

A layer that balances work between WMS and WCS: it sequences work, waves and equipment load in real time. It is a separate module in some products and part of the WMS in others.

See also: WCS (Warehouse Control System), Wave