Variations in peak demand in picking requirements can be streamlined and improved with the new Remstar horizontal carousel Flexi-WorkStation™ system. This system uniquely combines high speed automated horizontal carousel picking with pick to light accuracy and the ability to adjust labor to reflect current demand.
The Flexi-WorkStation permits distribution centers to simplify operations by accommodating daily and seasonal peaks in demand. A facility can retain the ability to operate at efficient employment levels at all times of the hour, day, month and year.
With the Flexi-WorkStation horizontal carousel system, one operator can pick from a pod of two carousels up to a pod of four carousels with just a few clicks of a button. The manager can blend the need for the system’s highest throughput capability (one person operating a pod of two carousels) to the need to use one operator to do the work of three pickers (picking from a pod of four carousels). The savings in labor, capital acquisition costs, floor space and accuracy can positively impact a company’s bottom line performance.
Remstar Horizontal Carousels are a system of carriers that rotate on an oval track, delivering stored items to an operator on command, improving order picking productivity by up to 600 percent. The high-density design of these systems uses 40 to 60 percent less floor space and 80 percent less cubic space than traditional shelving.