Picking modes
General delivery mode explanations
The following list is a general explanation of the picking modes handled by BPS. See the next chapter for concrete modes supported by BPS.
| Delivery Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Direct | Articles are delivered directly from seller/producer to the shop, without going to the distribution center. |
| Cross docking | Articles are delivered to the distribution center preconfigured in logisic units for each shop. No checking of quantity or quality in the distribution center, just forwarded to shop as pure logistic operation. |
| Flowthrough | Articles are delivered preconfigured per sum order of all shops, mixed shops on one logistic unit are possible. No stocking, but immediate redistribution. Quantity/quality checking and registration in the distribution center. |
| From stock | Traditional warehous picking where the worker collects all articles for a shop from the stock. Special applications are available for small order picking, where the articles of multiple recipients are collected in one pass though the stock. |
| Two-stage stock | The total orders of a set of shops and articles are collected from stock and brought to a prepare location (intermediate stock). There the articles are collected for each shop like from stock, but now with much shorter lanes. |
| Two-stage distribute | Combination of stock and flowthrough: The total orders of a set of shops and articles are collected from stock and brought to a prepare location (distribution zone). There the articles are distributed into packages or onto pallets of each shop. |
| Self service from stock | User scans a stock location and picks the article, usually supplies for internal / production use. No order needs to be created in advance, it is created on the fly while picking. |
Supported picking modes
These are the currently supported picking modes.
| Prepare Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| flow | Flowthrough handled by any device. |
| flow.touch | Flowthrough handled by touchscreen device. |
| flow.voice | Flowthrough handled by voice controlled terminal. |
| robot.mifa | MIFA pickroboter of Migros Luzern for fruits and vegetables. |
| robot.tako | TAKO pickroboter of Migros Ostschweiz for fruits and vegetables |
| robot.geko | GEKO pickroboter of Migros Ostschweiz for cooled products. Besides order preparation, this roboter also is used to resort crossdocking orders where the logistic unit is a box instead of a palette. |
| robot.lpr | Automated high-bay warehouse of Le Patron: Picks the unlabeled articles for a set of shop orders and forwards them to labeling lines. If the batch is for multiple shops, the labeled articles are forwarded to a scanner preparation area (see stock.scan). For single shop orders (small customers), the quantities are registered at the packing line. |
| self | Self service from stock handled by any device. |
| self.mde | Self service from stock handled by handheld device. |
| stock | From stock handled by any device. |
| stock.touch | From stock handled by touchscreen (panel pc size) device. |
| stock.voice | From stock handled by voice controlled terminal. |
| stock.weigh | The traded units for a shop are registered at a stationary pc with electronic scales attached. |
| stock.scan | The total traded units for a group of shops are brought to a prepare location equipped with stationary PC and scanner. One shop after the other, the order gets called by scanning a barcode on a preparation list. Consumer or traded units get scanned to registrate. |
| pack.article.cnt | Article to partner picking at a packing line where a fixed number of packages (CU) makes one TU. The ordered TU's go into one or more LU's (boxes). Depending on the factor TU/LU one or more TU are in one LU. The gross weight of each LU is taken from the LU scale und the tare is subtracted to calculate the net weight. |
| pack.article.kg | Article to partner picking at a packing line, where the total ordered weight is the delivery target. The labeler operates in start/stop mode, and receives the total weight for each partner job limit. The number of packages are taken as CU count. |