E-Commerce Carousel Applications

With today’s business models focused on smaller orders shipping direct to consumer, distribution center labor cost-per-transaction has increased significantly when using outdated methods best suited to large order pallet shipments. Piece-picking carousel automation reduces transaction costs by eliminating batch-sizing constraints, searching for product, and walking to item locations.

Benefits to AS/R System’s E-Commerce carousel applications include:

1) Unlimited Batch Sizes – Take advantage of common parts between orders, minimize batch setups, and eliminate shuffling through multiple paper tickets. As operators aren’t limited by batch sizes, filling up push-carts, or manually sorting through pickslips – AS/R’s Magic Warehouse E-Commerce module lets the operator pick as many single or multi-line orders as they choose in a single batch.

2) Pick. Pack. Ship. – Since all items present themselves to the operator & there’s no time wasted walking and searching for product, operator workstations can be optimized to include bagging, shipping systems, and packing slip activities. Pick, pack, & ship orders from over 10,000 SKU’s in a single step - without leaving your workstation!

3) Customized WMS Solutions - There is a growing spectrum of warehouse productivity improvement tools available to the modern DC. AS/R has deep experience integrating ERP and custom business systems with these warehouse automation applications, through all manner of host integration methods (API, common file interfaces, shared folders etc.) Common applications include conveyor, horizontal carousels, vertical carousels, small and large item shuttle technology, Auto-Store, mini stacker cranes etc.