Van Rooijen saves time and resources with Pick by Weight

So how does Pick by Weight work? Consider this scenario: Kraft Heinz products are stored in Van Rooijen's warehouse, ready to be shipped to the end customer. In this example, an order is placed for 10 boxes of tomato ketchup, 10 boxes of tomato sauce, and 10 boxes of tomato paste.

Old situation

With their old process, a Van Rooijen employee logs in to his hand terminal, drives his order pick truck to the appropriate pick box, scans the item there, and picks the quantity displayed on his screen. When the entire order is complete, he moves the pick pallet to a check box and starts the next order. Someone else, meanwhile, checks the pick pallet. Unfortunately, one box of tomato paste was under-picked. The checker calls the picker in and asks him to get an extra package from the pick box. The extra time and required resources to correct the error cost time and money.

New situation

With mobile weighing technology, the Pick by Weight system knows the weight of each box. As a result, the order picker only has to scan the product ID and put boxes on the pallet; the weighing system knows when there are enough. Van Rooijen says: "We only have one person doing end checks of the orders now, where in the past we would have four." This improved process prevents errors and redundancies, thus saving time and money.