Increase Throughput & Productivity While Reducing Overhead

That's Our DC Vision...What's Yours?

EXACTPick™, designed specifically for the footwear and apparel industries, is a new, low cost technology for automating storage and order picking combined with a new approach to the pick, pack and ship process. With a 2 year or less payback, EXACTPick™ dramatically improves productivity while simplifying the distribution process.

• Reduces size of distribution center 15% - 25%
• Increases pick productivity 3x - 6x
• Requires less material handling equipment
• Eliminates residuals and slotting
• Scaleable for seasonal peaks and growths
• Creates and maintains a competitive advantage
• Simplifies distribution operations
• Improves key performance indicators
• The best ROI you will find for your equipment investments

The EXACTPick™ Engine

The EXACTPick™ Engine is a horizontal carousel system that can contain up to 20 times the cube of a typical carousel. This new lower cost design is centered around the bulky, light weight items of the footwear and apparel industries. By capitalizing on larger scale implementations and using the technology for both storage and order picking, "cost per cube" is reduced. Costs are decreased even further due to a new frame design developed for easier installation and the significant economies of scale in procurement and production, bringing the price of the system as close to shelving or VNA systems as possible.

The Operating Concept

The EXACTPick™ operating concept is exceptionally simple. Master cases are received into the distribution center through a typical receiving process. Cases are conveyed to the EXACTPick™ storage and order picking system and the control system determines the routing of those cases, ensuring balanced loading. Pick waves are received from the Warehouse Management System (WMS) in the usual manner. The EXACTPick™ software executes the picks by bringing the necessary cases to the pick aisle, case by case. Less than full case requirements are picked to exact quantities, eliminating residual case handling. Residual cases stay in their storage locations until cleaned out by upcoming waves of orders. Because very high pick rates for unit picking are supported by this technology, picking exact quantities is feasible.

The EXACTPick™ system can support multiple picking strategies. Master cases can be de-trashed at the pick face and items can be placed onto belt conveyors or in totes. Likewise, full master cases can be selected and put onto conveyor belts. EXACTPick™ is not tied to any specific sorting technology; multiple sorting methods may be used. In situations where unit sortation is required by the total rate, items would be inducted as usual. Where unit sortation is cost prohibitive based on the volume, other sorting technologies like put-to-light systems can be used to sort the units into discrete orders.