Remstar’s automated storage and retrieval equipment allows companies to streamline processes, increase productivity and minimize labor costs. Combining automated storage and retrieval equipment with pick-to-light accuracy and inventory management software enables managers to maximize workers’ efforts and operate at efficient employment levels, saving temporary and seasonal labor costs.
With the ability to respond quickly to peak order demands by adjusting labor levels fast and effectively, the need for additional labor is reduced. The time that is needed for temporary and seasonal worker training and management is minimized or eliminated.
With the use of a Flexi-workstation™ designed horizontal carousel system, for example, managers can blend the need for the system’s highest throughput capability (one person operating a pod of two carousels) with the need for slower operations (one operator picking from a pod of four carousels) during the same hour, day, month or year. The savings in labor, capital acquisition costs, floor space and accuracy can positively impact a company’s bottom line performance.
“We calculated an 18 month return on investment for the Shuttle VLMs (Vertical Lift Modules) based exclusively on labor savings,” said the vice president of operations at Gucci. “We are now also realizing an additional 40% increase in productivity and some days even up to a 100%.”