Design to the peak, not the mean
Conveying, accumulation and pick equipment are sized against sustained peak-hour throughput, with the manual fallback defined.
A2 / Application
Fulfilment & e-commerce
High order counts, small units, sharp seasonal peaks
The recurring problem
Piece and case picking dominate, and peak throughput can be several times the annual average. Equipment specified to the average fails in the peak week.
Selection factors
What we work through with you
Pick face before pick technology
Storage medium, presentation height and replenishment path are settled before any conveying or picking equipment is proposed.
Packing and despatch as a system
Benches, weighing, staging and dock capacity are considered together, since despatch congestion is a common symptom of a pick-side change.
Change tolerance
Layouts that will be reconfigured need modular storage and conveying decisions, which is a specification choice made up front.
Equipment routes
Categories typically specified here
- 02Warehouse & narrow-aisle trucksReach trucks, stackers, order pickers and powered pallet trucks for storage density where aisle width, lift height and residual capacity govern the outcome.
- 04Conveying & transfer equipmentRoller, belt and gravity conveying, transfer units and packing benches for repeatable movement between goods-in, storage, pick and despatch.
- 05Manual handling & lifting aidsHand pallet trucks, stackers, lift tables, drum and roll handling, stainless and food-area equipment for tasks that do not warrant a powered truck.