East Granby, CT -- (SBWire) -- 10/09/2015 --Picking Perfection, sponsored by Pcdata USA, brings important and interesting information to those in the material handling, warehousing, distribution, and manufacturing sectors. From best practices to industry data, this weekly communique reports on trend data, process improvement, and technology evaluations about picking, packing, shipping and profitability.

Marc Braun, president of Pcdata USA, shared there is much that can be done to increase productivity, reduce costs, and enhance flexibility in the warehouse and in the area of order picking. Braun noted that warehouse managers are confronted with key issues such as saving space, increasing throughput, and guaranteeing picking quality while controlling costs. As the trend toward individualization continues, product differentiation and diversity is becoming more important. This development presents the material handling and distribution industry - and the area of order picking in particular - with big challenges.

Inventory management software provides features such as dynamic storage allocation, FIFO/LIFO picking, and cost center accounting to streamline the order picking process. Software driving automated storage and retrieval systems provide fast throughput improved safety and reliability.

"A growing number of single and small orders are being received by order pickers. This new ordering behavior can be found among end consumers and in industries with many different storage technologies, software modules, and order picking strategies. Batch picking, consolidates several orders into one batch so that order pickers can save time by multiple orders simultaneously. With multi-user picking we support strategies which involve several pickers sharing the work at a picking station during peak times," explained Braun.

About Pcdata USA
Based in East Granby, CT, Pcdata USA (http://www.pcdatausa.com/about-us/about-pcdata-usa) is a global logistics systems leader for supply chain automation. Pcdata USA was named a finalist for the 2015 MHI Innovation Award for Best New Product, Smart Glass AR (Augmented Reality). Pcdata USA's Pick-to-light systems are part of a lean manufacturing and distribution process, offering shorter throughput, fewer errors, and significant cost savings. Pcdata USA is represented in a wide variety of industry sectors including apparel, cosmetics, e-commerce fulfillment, Third Party Logistics (3PL), wholesale distribution, food service, healthcare, pharmaceutical, production & assembly, as well as bakeries around the world. Products include Pick-to-light, PTL in hybrid solutions, PickCart, PickStar, Distrib AR Smart Glass, and Dock Manager.

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