Put to Light

Put to Light

Put to Light, also called sort to light, is an order picking method, which spreads products over customer or order locations with the help of light directed technology. Pcdata Put to Light offers the same benefits as Pick to Light:

  • Low Cost, High ROI
  • Flexible, Scalable, Expandable
  • Easy, Efficient
  • Accurate, Manages Discrepancies

Pcdata developed several Put to Light solutions for several processes and industries:

Putwalls

Distrib Put to Light for fresh bakeries

Distrib Put to Light 

Distrib XE

Putwalls

A Putwall is a typical application for sorting products that arrive per batch. Batches may consist of single or multiple SKU’s, originating from production facilities, warehouses, suppliers as well as reverse logistics.

At a putwall products will be identified, the display(s) at the required location(s) indicate where to put the product. Operators put the product(s) and confirm the action by pushing the button(s). At each putwall an overhead display provides the operator with additional information such as; the Putwall status, progress and any exceptions that might occur. A display at the packside of the Putwall  will show the operator which cubby is ready to be packed. An overhead display at the packside informs the employee on box size, order/customer number or specific order requirements. This light directed solution is extremely suitable for E-Commerce order fulfillment as well as sortation of incoming goods, returns processing etc.

Features:

  • Continuous or batch order flow
  • Scanning per SKU or per unit
  • Automatic or manual location management
  • Order finished indication at front and/or backside
  • Can be ewuipped with button only or 4-digit nummeric display
  • Multicolor displays
  • Maximum flecibility & scalability

Benefits:

  • Increased picking performance
  • Low error-rates
  • Minimal IT requirements, which results in low IT costs:
    • easy infacing
    • simple infrastructure
  • Efficient order consolidation

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ECI

Distrib Put to Light for fresh Bakeries

The baking industry standard for paperless order dispatching

Pcdata distrib is the industry standard for paperless dispatching and order tracking. Pcdata’s Distrib replaces traditional paper-based shipping systems to capture customer and order data, necessary for loading and shipment of product to customers. Put To light is proven to improve order filling accuracy AND shipping productivity. Modular in design, Distrib allows adoption of technology at the level your organization is ready for.

Set yourself apart from the competition with fast and accurate order fulfillment, reduced labor costs, minimal training for new employees, and accurate, on-time deliveries for your customers.

Add on modules such as Distrib Performance Manager allows further optimization of the shipping operation. Track on-time delivery and employee performance in real time.

Intuitively easy to use, Pcdata’s Distrib uses Pick-to-Light technology that eliminates possible language barriers and allows new or temporary staff to become productive with minimal training.

Pick-to-Light technology is proven to increase order fulfilling productivity by up to 50%. Pick-to-Light technology also improves order fulfillment accuracy. Customers receive what they ordered, on-time.

As transactions are recorded real time, order processing administration and ‘unaccounted for’ is virtually eliminated. You will know when every order was processed, employee assigned to fulfillment and when it left the facility.

Distrib is also very flexible, scalable and through more than 25 years of development, highly customizable to your needs and wants. Find out what 100’s already have; Pcdata’s Distrib really does the job!

Features:

  • THE paperless order fulfillment solution for the baking industry
  • Modular and expandable—right for today, ready for tomorrow
  • Highly customizable order prioritization
  • Customize for plant, distribution center, or depot level

Benefits:

  • Improves shipping efficiency and productivity by up to 50%
  • Improves accuracy, reduces ‘Unaccounted For’
  • Significantly reduced administration needs
  • Real time track & trace of orders / inventory
  • Intuitively easy to use
  • Over 100 installations in the US alone and growing fast

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Distrib Put to Light

If you build your orders by sorting or spreading products over order locations, Distrib Put to Light is your perfect solution. The light technology has been proven the most productive paperless technology. It avoids that people make picking mistakes.

Several applications, mostly for retail distribution or food service distribution:

  • Cross Dock: Receive at central location, potentially spread to multiple zones (Pre-Dispatch), spread to multiple order destinations in each zone
  • Expand existing automated sorters (Pre-Dispatch on sorter, End-Dispatch manually with Distrib). Sorter chutes direct product to zones. In the zones the product is scanned and further spread to multiple order destinations per zone
  • Batch Picking: Total required amounts will be fetched from storage and will be spread in right quantities over the destinations.

Several system set ups of Put to Light are possible:

  • Put to Light streets and zones
  • Pick and pass products over Put to Light zone
  • Confirmation button push per put or confirming a total batch of products
  • Confirmation button only displays, button and quantity displays, multicolor displays for multiple pickers
  • Ground-, pallet-, (flow) rack- or shelve locations
  • Transportation of products between zones can be done with intelligent conveyors.

Distrib XE

Gain Control over your Depot

Distrib XE is a self-supporting Put-to-Light solution for up to 50 locations, therefore Distrib XE is very suitable for smaller depots and operations. Distrib XE replaces the need for order pick sheets and automatically doubles as confirmation of product amounts received for dispatch. No more guessing.

Uniquely designed, Distrib XE can be set-up completely without an electrical contractor. Thanks to its clever, modular support system and patched cables Distrib XE can be made operational in a matter of hours. The built in configuration wizard allows set-up with minimal IT skills. The interface to Distrib XE is kept intentionally simple; it only requires a simple flat file of the daily orders.

Increase productivity and traceability

Distrib XE records all dispatch transactions, making it easy to accurately establish how and when the orders have been fulfilled and to reconcile against production records. Distrib XE uses Put-to-Light, which has proven to be the most productive manual order fulfilment technology for the fresh baking industry.

Features:

  • Add / cut products
  • Built-in automatic back-up and recovery
  • Multi-color dispatch – up to 4 operators simultaneously
  • Patched cables: plug and play
  • Pre-defined and preconfigured functionality
  • Software configuration wizard
  • Sort & Search functionality
  • Standard layout, operating procedures and training program improve quality
Put to Light

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