CARTON CROSS-DOCKING FOR FAST MOVING ARTICLES AND
GOODS-TO-PERSON PICKING SOLUTION FOR SLOWER MOVING ARTICLES

This apparel logistics solution provided by TGW combines a carton cross-docking system for fast moving articles and a highly ergonomic goods-to-person picking solution for slower moving articles.

• Fast movers
   
  Cartons that arrive at the distribution centre and already contain a pre-defined assortment for the shops are cross-docked without any manual operation. It takes less than five minutes to automatically transport the individual carton from goods receiving to the right palletizing station in the shipping area.
   
• Slow movers
   
  Picking is done at highly ergonomic and flexible work stations. In the middle of the workstation the picker is provided with goods cartons in an optimized picking position. The open order cartons are positioned to the picker’s left and right. Finished cartons are pushed back onto a conveyor line and conveyed to the shipping area. High flexibility is secured by having two of these picking stations facing each other, so one employee can handle both stations or each station is staffed with one person in peak times.

ENORMOUS WAREHOUSE WITH CAPACITY

The warehouse for this solution needs to offer a high storage capacity. Each aisle is serviced by a highly dynamic TGW Magito AS/RS machine with multiple deep Twister load handling device. These multiple deep handling devices enable very fast storage of single SKU channels while giving access to each individual carton for retrieval.