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About Smart Pick to Light

About Smart Pick to Light
Our pick to light solution in logistics serves as an elegant solution to navigate a worker in a warehouse. Individual storage positions are equiped with LED lights which navigate a worker according to logistic processes dictated by superior management systems - ERP, WMS, MES.
Smart Pick to Light(P2L) system can be inquired as a complete package, which consist of proposition, instalation and configuration of P2L hardware for the racks, trolleys or workstations you already have. We also offer various custom and or standardized P2L products of our own to fit your needs.

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Main benefits:

  • Low acquisition cost
  • Online software for P2L system setup and management
  • Managing Smart P2L systems via universal API interface
  • The option to customize Smart P2L software according to your needs

Custom solution

Smart Pick to Light system
Create an inquiry with basic information about your requirements. After receiving the request and clarifying the necessary information, we can set up a temporary account in the web configurator, which will help you in the detailed specification of your request and will then be able to serve as an account for managing your P2L positions.

Smart Pick to Light specification

Smart Pick to Light Hardware
Setting up Smart Pick to Light

Web configurator is our online software for setting up and managing P2L hardware. Our configurator can be used for simple and fast specification of your request, which will make the communication as well as a visualization of the warehouse map and layout of positions much easier. Thanks to this tool, the customer has continuous access to the current settings of P2L applications.
Operating Smart Pick to Light

About Smart Pick/Put to Light  (Smart P2L)

Smart P2L solution is based on configured P2L hardware, which is then managed by control software.

  • Hardware installation on constructions (racks, trolleys, workstations, etc.) used in logistics and production processes.
  • Setting up Smart P2L is as easy as defining & marking storage positions via our online software.
  • Controlling Smart P2L system via API communication interface is possible through almost any ERP/WMS/MES software.

 

Advantages

1     Smart P2L hardware:
 
  • Easy installation on existing hardware used in logistic, production processes (racks, trolleys, workstations, etc.)
  • Wide portfolio of standardized P2L products (racks, trolleys, workstations)
  • Low purchase costs
   Online software for setting up and managing P2L systems:
 
  • Map of warehouses, production halls, production sectors, etc.
  • Smart P2L position layout set-up
  • Smart P2L position management (racks, trolleys, workstations, etc.)

3     Controlling Smart P2L systems via API interface:

  • Universal API interface allows to connect and control our Smart P2L software with third-party software (ERP/WMS/MES)
  • The option to customize Smart P2L software to suit your needs

 

Smart P2L applications example

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I.  Smart P2L hardware

Smart P2L system is based on LED technology. Individual LEDs on the LED strip have their unique ID and are connected to a control unit. Our software allows us to link those addresses to individual storage position via the control unit.

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II.  Smart P2L settings

Creating & transferring data to an SQL database, containing the individual rack/trolley parameters gathered from our web configurator (position dimensions, ID, ..).

Base functions:

1   Layout database creation & management:

     1   Layout & database of P2L objects (warehouses, production halls or individual sectors)

     2  Layout & database of P2L applications (racks, trolleys, workstations, etc.)

     3  Layout & database of P2L positions of all P2L applications

2   Generates P2L layout graphical interface

3   Provides P2L position data to SQL database

                        P2L set-up  video:     youtube-85-226402-1.png     

III.  Controlling Smart P2L

a)   Third-party software (ERP, WMS, MES, ..), communicating via API interface

  • Protocol HTTP/HTTPS is used for communication

b)   Smart P2L Software (SP2Lsw) – custom software solution

  • Isolated application
  • Data input/output can be managed via exported files (csv, xmls, txt,…)
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IV.  Smart P2L standardized products

Smart P2L trolleys

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Smart P2L racks / kanbans

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Smart P2L workstation & workstation accessories

 
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V.  Installation of P2L on existing hardware

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Installation on tube systems

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Installation on other systems

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VI.  Smart P2L process example

1   Dynamic P2L position setting:     youtube-85-226402-3.png

Dynamic P2L position setting is based on defining the size of the position according to stored box/part size. The position size is set during logistic processes (storing, picking, …) by defining a size manuálly or by choosing box/part from a database. Dynamic position layout can be created from pick list (products positions could have pre-defined size). Dynamic position setting allows for use of the defined position in following processes.

Use:
a) Picking goods from P2L racks and putting to P2L trolleys
b) Picking goods from P2L trolleys and storing them to P2L racks
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2   P2L position pairing:     youtube-85-226402-4.png

P2L position pairing is based on highliting both positions silmutaneously – its source position and its target position.

Use:
a) Picking goods from P2L racks and putting to P2L trolleys
b) Picking goods from P2L trolleys and storing them to P2L racks

 

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3   Use in production processes:     youtube-85-226402-5.png

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Communication architecture schema


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  • Smart communication application description
  • Communicates with WMS via HTTP protocol
  • Is set by data from configurational software
  • Acquires data from MySQL database
  • Provides communication with P2L units
  • Answers WMS requests
  • Runs on every major software platform via JavaScript

 

Adressing position showcase:

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P2L racks
P2L racks
P2L racks
We install Pick to Light navigation on our standardized products such as racks.
P2L trolleys
P2L trolleys
P2L trolleys
We equip our standard trolley solutions with Pick to Light navigation for advanced functionality such as position linking.
P2L work station
P2L work station
P2L work station
We equip our Pick to Light navigation even on our work stations.