Preventing picking errors

Order picking performance comes down to two things: speed and accuracy. Am I able to complete the orders within the agreed time frame and can I do it without errors? Errors mean complaints from the recipient and return shipments. Errors mean a burden on your organization: complaints need to be handled; require time consuming communication; credit notes need to be issued. Errors cost time, money and goodwill.

Weighing on order picking trucks helps prevent picking errors: if you know your article weight, you can check per order line, via the weight, whether the right amount of the right article has been picked. Thus WMS and iForks check the picked order line for errors on-line, within seconds. If an error is noticed, the order picker can react immediately and correct the error where the cost is lowest: at the picking slot. Client studies have shown that weighing on order picking trucks can reduce the error level to just tenths of a percent.

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