Le blog de la robotisation logistique à l'ère de la Supply Chain 4.0

The goods to man method has been used in warehouse logistics for the last thirty years. By bringing the products to the operator, it accelerates the storage and order picking processes. Automation systems (vertical storage carousel, stacker crane, mini-load, shuttle) for high-turnover products have proliferated in the largest European warehouses, and to a lesser extent in France.

Handling is an integral part of logistics. Its purpose is to move products, at the “right” cost , in the “right” quantity and at the “right” time, to the “right” location. “Handling”designates all manner of actions performed manually in the distribution centre.

In order fulfilment, we make a distinction between wholesale picking and retail picking. Wholesale picking deals with large quantities, generally destined for re-stocking retail outlets. In wholesale picking we never take a single article - we take boxes or whole pallets of products. In retail picking, only a few products with certain characteristics (size, colour etc.) are picked.