Put To Light
Put-to-Light systems are an effective automated sortation method to break larger quantities of product into individual customer orders, using light devices to direct operators to ‘put’ items. Sometimes the Put-to-Light approach is referred to as ‘scan and sort’. Merchandise that is typically batch picked beforehand is brought to a put station. Operators scan bar codes on individual pieces of merchandise, then lights turn on at any individual customer orders requiring that product.
In the right application light-directed sortation is visual, intuitive and convenient to use. Operators can be trained in hours. the days required by other manual or automated approaches. Simplicity is key contributor to a Put to Light system's success. In addition to increased sortation rates and order quality, Put-to-Light systems can potentially respond to daily volume changes with greater agility than more complex methodologies.
