Pick-by-Light seems like a really old chestnut, so why bother writing about it on the SSI Blog? Before we deal with a new, more economic approach to Pick-by-Light, let’s first take a quick look at the underlying principle.
Pick-by-Light is a generic term for a group of applications that guide order pickers to the requested items, by using lights or displays. Wherever something needs to be picked from the shelf or off the pallet, a display goes on. Let me show you, why Pick-by-Light is an interesting alternative for small applications as well.
„Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.“
Welcome to part 2 of our series on success factors, challenges and pitfalls of logistics projects. Like we mentioned in the first part (
You might have read the book “How to Drive Your Competition Crazy” by Guy Kawasaki. As American authors prefer to use lurid titles, they manage to reach quite a large audience.
In a series of articles throughout this year, we will talk about the challenges, pitfalls and success factors of logistics projects. In the first part, we take a look at the launch of these projects and the role a consultant should play in it.
The concept of logistics – moving and storing goods from acquisition to consumption – is fairly well known to businesses and their consumers. Logistics is how we make things happen, whether it’s in our businesses or in our personal lives. But what exactly does “
2011 was the year of CeMAT, the world’s largest intralogistics trade show. And because there’s only one CeMAT every three years, the exhibits shown there are a good indicator for the innovations we can expect in the months and years ahead. This time, the large variety of new concepts and solutions for intralogistics was particularly remarkable.
Once again, it’s time to say good-bye to the old year and move on. But before we start 2012, let’s look back on some issues we covered in 2011.
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What might keep a company from investing in efficient intralogistics solutions to gain an advantage over the competition? I think that there are often a lot of doubts about the right course of action. From an outsider’s point of view, the intralogistics industry can be confusing in many ways. There are plenty of different systems, processes and technologies available on the market. Some of them are complementary, others are mutually exclusive. This leads to uncertainty and hampers further actions, sometimes as far as consolidating the status quo.
