Mezzanine

While viewing a busy temperature controlled case picking operation in Australia, I asked what improvements had been realized through the use of “Voice” technology in case picking applications. To the manager in charge, the use of “Voice” in freezer applications was a “no brainer”. The project payback through increased efficiencies and cost savings was estimated at less than six weeks.   The case picking was done out of selective fixed racking inside the freezer and chiller chambers. The picking staff were wearing the correct PPE including high quality freezer wear.           Efficiencies can be further improved with the use of multi-level mezzanine floors, which increase the number of SKU’s that be picked per m2 of freezer room floor area. Isn’t it time that South African cold stores adopted these innovations?