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Outdoor retailer Cabela's wanted the advantages of voice technology but not the costs and hassles of a large-scale implementation. Could it find a system that filled the bill?
The pharma distributor has made multiple upgrades to its South Carolina DC in the past seven years to maintain its competitive edge. And it's not done yet.
When the international nutritional solutions and cheese group Glanbia converted over to voice for its Irish dairy business, it didn't stop with picking. It found ways to use the technology in virtually every part of its distribution operation.
One company wanted to track the precise location of every item in its DC. Another wanted a way to monitor assets scattered throughout the continent. The answer for both: a sophisticated visibility system.
A voice picking system solved problems that had long been brewing in Odom Corp.'s beverage distribution operation. Two years later, an equipment upgrade made things even better.
With just one year to convert 40 DC operations from RF to voice, medical supplier Owens & Minor decided its only chance lay in developing a completely bulletproof plan.
If your DC is typical, you're probably doing more piece picking today than you did a decade ago. Here are some tips for improving that part of your operation.