Span-Track® Unex Full-Line Brochure - UNEX Manufacturing - #3

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Why Carton Flow? Carton Flow is a material handling solution that addresses the two major cost drivers in today's distribution and manufacturing facilities - labor and space costs. Order Picking Order picking accounts for 40-60% of an operation’s total labor cost. Most facilities use pallet racking or shelving as their storage medium. These storage mediums are static (product remains in its stored position). Once the product in front is picked, additional picks require reaching, bending, and pulling. This adds time to the pick process and puts additional strain and stress on employees. Lower Costs Carton Flow remedies the inefficiencies of static storage by creating a dynamic storage medium. When the front product is picked, the remaining product flows to the front. This ensures the product is always at the most accessible pick point - the front. This increases pick rates up to 30% versus static storage pick rates. Additionally, carton flow eliminates reaching, bending and pulling, producing an ergonomic safe picking process. For most operations carton flow should be used for medium and slower moving SKU's. Typically this represents 40-70% of an operation’s inventory. Carton flow systems condense and organize SKU's to increase pick efficiency and minimize travel. For static storage systems up to 85% of a picker’s time is spent traveling. A good carton flow system should reduce travel time by 40-80% when compared to a pick process utilizing static storage. Pick Modules Pick modules are specialized carton flow systems designed for high volume order picking. Pick modules are especially effective for large each pick operations. Pick to light systems are often incorporated into a pick module carton flow system to generate pick rates in excess of 300 picks per man hour, more than triple static storage pick rates. The Track To Better Picking 3 Unex Seven Year Platinum Warranty Unex “Platinum Products” are warranted to be free of defects material and workmanship for a period of seven years from the date of shipment. Warranty requires the equipment be applied within the published guidelines. in mate he da th www.unex.com