Lucas Systems

At the healthcare distributor’s Libertyville, Ill., distribution center, mobile robots are handling totes, filling orders and enabling growth.

Goods-to-person picking is just one of the processes that allows Medline to meet its customers’ stringent requirements.

Lucas Systems (Booth 3538) introduced an expanded line of end-to-end warehouse mobile work execution solutions incorporating its Jennifer voice-directed applications for picking and other tasks in a press conference on Monday.

The quest to improve worker productivity and enhance order accuracy in an omni-channel distribution environment is pushing more warehouse and DC managers to increase investment in warehouse mobility solutions. According to market thought leaders, not only has mobility arrived, but users are pushing for the next generation.

Complemented by a growing stable of inexpensive execution solutions, aging software monoliths can prove they don’t need to be toppled.

New system provides carryover benefits from DC to materials management for hospital staff.

Lucas Systems (Booth 3523) announced at a Monday press conference that its Jennifer VoicePlus voice picking applications will be certified on smart phones, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S4, with general availability planned for May 2014.

By accurately capturing real-time data from a growing range of supply chain functions, voice technology can now play a role in decisions at the item and enterprise level.

With AS/RS, voice-directed picking and high-speed sortation, Wirtz Beverage Illinois takes the lead in wine and spirits distribution.

Wirtz Beverage uses both cutting edge automation and conventional processes to move product through its new facility.

Voice customers are finding they can leverage existing voice infrastructure to extend the technology’s benefits throughout the facility.

Pet Supermarket installs a voice-directed picking solution to create a best in show distribution center.

Data capture technology can help an operation see its products in real time and take proactive steps to keep materials moving smoothly through the supply chain. Here’s a look at several basic data capture technologies.

Oriental Trading’s unique picking solution handles up to 400,000 items per day.

Strategic partnership will enable current and future customers to increase productivity and efficiency within the four walls