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With sales surging, online retailer Zappos.com needed an order picking technology that could be up and running quickly. The answer? A system that uses robots to bring goods to order pickers.
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When its pick-to-light system kept breaking down, hair-care products manufacturer Goody knew it was time to update its equipment. A 2006 retrofit solved the problem while boosting productivity and accuracy.
Deliver customized orders to retail stores worldwide from a single DC on a Pacific island? With its Direct Ship program, Timex does just that and much faster than you might imagine.
By investing in some new conveyors and a pop-up sorter, online grocer Peapod eliminated a notorious bottleneck in its DC operation and boosted capacity by 50 percent.
The staff at J. Jill's DC couldn't say enough about the speed and accuracy of RF-based packing systems ? until they saw what could be done with lights.