TriFactor, a Florida material handling systems integrator, offers a White Paper titled "Considerations When Selecting a Sortation System"
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- "A place for everything and everything in its place" is a philosophy nowhere more applicable than when you're overseeing a multi-million dollar distribution center (DC). A DC lives and dies on knowing when and where everything is received, stored, and shipped out.
Tracking the "history" of a carton sitting in front of you is difficult enough. Keeping track of it at speeds of up to 600-feet per minute is a whole other challenge. That's precisely when a company needs to determine if sortation conveyor systems are justified and if so, which sortation system is right for its operation.
A sortation system (sorter) is an integrated material handling conveyor system that automatically diverts product to a conveyor or chute for delivery to other areas of the DC including put-away, consolidation, replenishment, picking, audit, and outbound shipments. A sorter usually is chosen when the required speed and accuracy of an operation are too great to compensate for with manual labor.
As a facility manager once pointed out, "In the time it takes a human being to read a label on a single carton and determine where it needs to go, a high-speed sorter can read and act upon upwards of hundreds of cartons." And when a distribution center is handling over a million units per week, that increase in throughput translates into a boost in productivity that's hard to ignore. Evaluating your company's situation regarding your storage requirements, shipping specifications, and most importantly your future goals, provides a helpful analysis to determine if an automated sortation system is right for your operation.
To view the full white paper written by TriFactor, LLC, please visit http://www.trifactor.com/Material-Handling-White-Papers/Selecting-a-Sortation-System
About TriFactor
TriFactor is a material handling systems integrator that specializes in the design and implementation of conveyor systems, storage systems, and order picking, packing, and shipping systems for warehouses and distribution centers. TriFactor benefits its customers by providing solutions that reduce their distribution costs while increasing their capacity and improving their distribution quality.
TriFactor's headquarters is located at 2401 Drane Field Road in Lakeland, Fla., and can be reached at 800-282-8468. For more information, visit www.trifactor.com.
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