Whitepaper: High-Speed Sortation
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SHIPPING SMALLER ORDERS, MORE OFTEN AND AT FASTER SERVICE LEVELS WHY HIGH-SPEED SORTATION COULD BE THE ANSWER WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? The relentless growth of today’s instant turnaround, 24/7 business and consumer marketplace — driven in part by the success of global overnight delivery services and the demands of Internet-driven e-commerce —  has brought about a paradigm shift in the world of logistics and material handling. Distribution and fulfillment operations are being asked to handle much smaller orders at much higher service levels than ever before. This expectation of speed and lean in-store inventory is stressing retail replenishment operations as well, with demands for multiple smaller shipments per week and POS replenishment overnight. The result is a breakdown of historically successful but rudimentary material handling equipment and processes, and a higher labor content or even expedited capital expenditure on additional facilities with duplicated inventory. COMPANY SPOTLIGHT BEUMER Corporation 800 Apgar Drive Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: 1-732-893-2800 Fax: 1-732-805-0475 For more information, visit www.beumergroup.c

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WHY HIGH-SPEED SORTATION COULD BE THE ANSWER Traditionally, most warehousing and distribution operations had been organized to receive and store SKUs in pallet or multiple-case quantities and then would process outbound orders via full-case or multi-SKU cartons. In the last few years, these same facilities are being asked to receive/store case quantities and process outbound orders consisting of 1 to 4 units per outbound carton. Further exacerbating the problem is the challenge to send out the same if not more total pieces per day: For a 200,000 operation this means at least 50,000 outbound...

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Cost Optimization Structural Improvement Service Levels Volume Growth Margin Expansion Growth Enablement Ecomomic Value Created receiving/cross-docking and shipping operations. At these stages in the distribution center, a high-speed loop sorter often provides the most efficient and accurate sortation of individual units, case goods and parcels, while moving these items throughout the system with great efficiency, flexibility and throughput, while requiring minimal labor. The system incorporates advanced data collection and reporting tools, utilizing bar codes, RFID tags and other...

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WHY HIGH-SPEED SORTATION COULD BE THE ANSWER UNDERSTANDING HIGH-SPEED LOOP SORTATION TECHNOLOGY The BEUMER Group has an installed base of over 1,400 cross-belt and tilt-tray loop sortation solutions for a wide range of applications that boost efficiency, speed and precision in goods movement and management. Advanced high-speed loop sortation solutions can be implemented to serve two broad applications: ›› Unit sortation — sorting of individual items for the purpose of order fulfillment, returns, kitting and consolidation. keep initial costs down; however, their risk will increase in several...

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Oriental Trading Company (OTC) is the nation’s largest direct-to-consumer retailer and distributor of value priced party supplies, toys and novelties. OTC underwent a major upgrade of the systems that run their 750,000-square-foot distribution center in La Vista, Nebraska. An expanding product offering and high volume of product moving out of the distribution center each day fueled the need for OTC to improve their sortation system with productivity and order accuracy as the critical success factors. The solution:a BEUMER tilt tray sorter which feeds their 600 packout stations and was...

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HIGH-SPEED LOOP SORTATION TECHNOLOGY DEEP-DIVE BEUMER provides two main types of high-speed loop sortation systems, with several specific subsets. Choosing the right sortation system depends on the product type and handling requirements for customer-specific operations. Cross-Belt Sorter Tilt Tray Sorter ›› Choosing between sorter types should ›› Cross-belt (single and dual belts per tray): These platforms utilize an individually powered belt conveyor, or belt tray, instead of a tilt mechanism, providing the highest level of product control. Compared with a tilt tray, cross-belt sorters...

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INDUCTIONS: State-of-the-art BEUMER inductions include camera-based item detection, continuous product position learning on the induction belts and highest sustained rates and accuracy. This is required for clients to have the flexibility to meet the operational peaks and valleys of their operation. There are three types of inductions to place product onto a loop sorter: design is a combination of detailed engineering and the art of applying the experience of 1400 sorter installations. From glassware, to apparel, to brake rotors, a destination can be designed to meet specific needs. Post...

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BEUMER Corporation 800 Apgar Drive Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: 1-732-893-2800 Fax: 1-732-805-0475 E-mail: pr.wi@beumergroup.com For more information, visit www.beumergroup.com

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