National Beverage Company Sees 93% Increase In Units Picked Per Hour

Optimized workflows and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) led to a 93% increase in picking efficiency and lower labor costs in just six months.

CHALLENGE:
It was difficult for the team to attain their desired units picked per hour due to the combination of low picking density and inadequate order consolidation, the process involved excessive travel between pick locations.

SOLUTION:

Root cause analysis
An analysis identified the following opportunities to improve the operation:

• Excess movement during the picking process
• Multiple product touches and scans per individual order
• Opportunity to improve batching efficiency

• Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
• Alternative warehouse layout design
• Different work flows within the layouts
  
  

• Nine Autonomous Mobile Robots
• Person to goods solution that eliminated movement and picking inefficiency
• A redesigned layout that created the most efficient workflow in the operation

RESULTS:
Within 6 months of implementation the customer started to see results that included:

• 93% Improvement in Units Picked Per Hour (UPH)
• 21% Reduction in Labor