Lucas Systems

Distribution centers no longer want voice for voice itself. Today it serves as one piece of an integrated solution for optimized operations.

At ProMatDX, Lucas Systems is previewing new AI-based tools that are being rolled out in the Lucas warehouse optimization suite featuring Jennifer Intelligence.

Mobile devices are getting significant upgrades that will improve point-of-use and enterprise productivity. Advances range from the move to Android systems to a consolidation of form factors while trying out some new ones, and the debut of platforms that make the link to enterprise systems.

The days of LMS being used as a narrow measuring stick are over. Today’s warehouse labor management software is highly mobile and provides metrics to change performance as work unfolds. The integration of LMS and WES is nascent and may vary by solution specifics, but it is a frontier to watch.

Best known for its ability to identify and track inventory, data capture technologies of all types are being swept into a far more powerful information web. The idea is to use the technology to improve processes through improved deployment of people and assets.

The solution has helped the manufacturer meet its customers’ strict quality demands.

New materials handling tools and approaches help this complex supply chain operate efficiently.

AMRs provide exciting new opportunities to improve efficiency, but DC operators still need to think creatively about the best way to use the technology in their operations.

During the last several years, voice-directed work solutions have evolved beyond their roots in order picking. Suppliers now often support multiple device types, including rugged smart phones and smart glasses, and implementations may span multiple workflows. Here are four ways voice solutions have evolved, including plenty of analytics features for managers.

Even if AMRs reduce total labor requirements by 10% as predicted by Gartner, the industry will still need 20% more workers in 2021 than it employs today.

Lucas Systems (Booth S4263) is set to highlight machine learning technology at a Wednesday seminar at 1:30pm to 2:15pm at the Emerging Technologies & Sustainability Theater on the ProMat show floor.

Voice solutions are as diverse as the algorithms and analytics driving them—exposing new opportunities.

By transforming fulfillment operations, the supplier improved its order accuracy.

Voice-directed picking and other types of voice solutions are proven in warehouse environments. But suppliers are now out to make voice-directed work even more productive with analytics and optimization, as well as improvements to the voice recognition engines.

Augmented reality, smart glasses and other technologies are not enough in themselves to unlock value.