Benefits of technological tools in planned collection
In recent years there has been an increase in the demands of logistics centers. The sector faced a real transformation, with an increase in the flow of products entering and leaving.
This required warehouses to quickly look for alternatives that would improve logistics management and enable the optimization of internal production, an example of which was dock scheduling.
Dock Scheduling is a model that integrates organization tools that allow the distribution of item delivery steps. Within this, we find the planned collection that determines the date and time where the collection will take place.
Planned collection
Planned collection has existed for many years, but has been promoted today, as it improves the efficiency of logistics centers, especially when demands become even greater and more diversified.
Given this, it was necessary to ensure that the flow was constant, even with all the changes, without presenting errors, delays or problems. Precisely to solve this adversity, managers began to schedule collections in advance with carriers.
The carriers, in turn, would automatically collect the items at the scheduled date and time. This flow would be repeated every month, without having to confirm the collection.
This immediacy guaranteed that the flow followed in a homogeneous and stable way.
From the implementation of the planned collections, it was possible to organize the transport to reduce delays. After all, at the time of planning, a possible time would be determined to ensure that the delivery arrived on time.
Having secure collection makes it easier to plan each step. Production is organized to optimize available time, without sacrificing quality.
The idea is that this planning would allow more organization in a concise and consequent flow of actions that take the product from production to the final consumer.
Benefits of technological tools in planned collection
However, it is important to understand that the planned collection is just the beginning of this process. It is necessary to go further, to implement the use of technologies that improve not only the flow, but also the use of labor in the logistics centers.
The best example is the automated systems that ensure that processes happen automatically, without human action. As a result, they are not dependent on manpower for proper functioning.
Free Moving Systems move boxes from one location to another without using motors. Steel or PVC Free Roller Conveyors, for example, have rollers on an inclined system that move using the action of gravity.
With this, with a faster production, it becomes possible to guarantee that the schedule follows as expected and the collection happens at the established time.
As for the Transfer Systems, they have a track that facilitates access to the boxes, transporting them by rollers according to the flow of products. For box diversions, many uses implemented electric pushers. Thus, the products are transported to the collection sites without labor.
However, the systems that most positively influence the high performance of planned collection are those of Picking. These act in the separation of stored products that will be transported to the final consumer.
They are a combination of structures, equipment and software that establish highly explanatory data to assist in product selection. This ensures that the collection time is shorter, optimizing productivity and minimizing picking errors.
However, these are just some benefits of implementing technological tools in planned collection.
It also allows administrators to follow the production without being close to him. This improves the environment’s connectivity and creates a constant flow that feeds back, ensuring proper functioning. Thus, the same system that performs the actions also identifies errors and mitigates problems, keeping the course efficient and reducing losses with product losses.
The products and services made available by Águia Sistemas bring these results through high performance solutions in Handling and Storage. In this way, it is possible to bring innovative tools such as planned collection to all types of business systems.
(The text above was written with information from the sites lotuslogistica.com, agileprocess.com.br, blog.goflux.com.br, fm2s.com.br, tractian.com and patrus.com.br.)