To better carry out all the operations that take place in a warehouse, an automated storage and retrieval system offers several advantages.

The functioning of a warehouse

The goal of warehouses is to regulate the storage of goods—that is, to manage the stock inflows (goods that are received from suppliers or production facilities) and outflows (products sent in production centres or to points of sale and customers).

To successfully carry out this mission, different tasks must be performed, such as the reception of goods, inspection, internal transport between the different areas, storage, order preparation, load consolidation, shipping, and obtaining information about stock, flows, demand, etc. This represents numerous tasks that may have many advantages to being automated. The automation of the storage system will improve performance, offer efficient work processes, and minimize human error often due to a work overload.

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The benefits of an automated storage and retrieval system

• The main benefit of an automated storage system is that it can improve performance and productivity in the warehouse of an organization. For example, the inventory will be very accurate and adjusted on time thanks to the automation of the system. It is therefore possible to never run out of a product or to never make the mistake of thinking that you have a product when you have run out of it.
• A quick answer to the difficulty of hiring during spikes in activity. In case of a lack of human resources in a warehouse, the automation of the system lets you deal with this problem without worrying about experiencing a loss of productivity.
• Reduces the arduousness of the work by eliminating certain tasks with low added value. Certain tasks—such as inventory, cross-docking, and certain long movements of operations, for example—can be reduced, in particular by reducing their duration and therefore their arduousness thanks to the automated storage system.
• Minimizes errors. Automation helps reduce the pressure that can weigh on operators in warehouses and therefore leads to a minimization of operational errors on their part, as these are often due to a work overload.
• Promotes fast and easy access to merchandise, which leads to increased productivity within the organization.
• Ensures optimal use of the available storage area. An automated system will manage the storage area in the best way possible thanks to calculations that make it possible to store as much merchandise as possible in the available area.

These days, there are many technical devices on the market to acquire an automated storage and retrieval system in warehouses, such as the SILO 2 vertical storage system. This system will work from retrieving the goods to preparing the orders, as well as storage. The configuration of these automated storage systems can be optimized according to the specific needs of an organization. It is also connected to a program that also helps increase the productivity of the process in warehouses.