Automated storage and picking

Hermes Fulfilment is using automated storage and order picking systems to manage its returns efficiently. At its site in Haldensleben, it has an automated system from KNAPP that features an OSR Shuttle for rapid automated storage and retrieval, combined with goods-to-person picking using pick-by-light technology.

The OSR Shuttle has some 176,000 storage locations with capacity for one million items and accepts 2000 containers of mixed returns per hour.

Up to 10 different items are stored in each container. Totes are automatically retrieved from the store to supply 30 Pick-it-Easy Fashion workstations on two levels, where up to 15,000 items/ hour are picked during peak periods.

Operators receive picking information from a central touch-screen monitor which can display a product photo to show which product should be picked.