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WMS & Pallet Shuttle Integration
A single user interface for managing your warehouse’s WMS and the high-density Pallet Shuttle system
Ask Our ExpertsWMS and shuttle management in one device
What should you do when you have run out of warehouse space? The shortage of logistics floor space nowadays means that many businesses require high-density storage solutions to increase the space they use to deposit goods.
With the aim of modernizing their facilities and storage methods, logistics centers are gradually incorporating warehouse management systems and semi-automated solutions to ensure efficiency in their processes.
As a provider of comprehensive storage solutions, Interlake Mecalux offers multiple options for making the most of a facility’s surface area. For companies that are in the beginning stages of modernizing their warehouses, combining the Pallet Shuttle with the WMS is an ideal option.
WMS & Pallet Shuttle Integration is the advanced Easy WMS feature that streamlines and simplifies shuttle operators’ tasks in the warehouse. By consolidating the shuttle management application and Easy WMS software in the same tablet, operators can receive detailed instructions from the WMS and, at the same time, control the Pallet Shuttle movements: depositing and extracting goods, counting containers, and storing pallets in a compact way, among others.
Advantages of WMS & Pallet Shuttle Integration |
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| Combination in a single screen of the management of WMS tasks with control of the Pallet Shuttle. | Intuitive interface optimized for use on the go. | Improved ergonomics for warehouse workers. | Cost reduction by consolidating, in a single device, features that required various terminals until now. |
STREAMLINE PALLET SHUTTLE OPERATOR TASKS
Optimize Pallet Shuttle operations
The Pallet Shuttle is a high-density storage system that maximizes storage capacity and speeds up pallet entry and exit cycles in the warehouse. This semi-automatic system consists of a motorized shuttle that enters the storage channels to load and unload palletized goods.
The electric shuttle is integrated with the high-density racking, which leverages warehouse space by eliminating aisles. Moreover, these structures adapt to LIFO (last in, first out) and FIFO (first in, first out) slotting and extraction criteria as needed. This system is especially useful in businesses with a high number of pallets per SKU (such as production companies and large wholesalers).
The implementation of Interlake Mecalux’s WMS & Pallet Shuttle Integration significantly facilitates operator tasks, thanks to its single, user-friendly interface. In this way, operators receive step-by-step instructions from the WMS on performing their tasks; simultaneously, they can control the Pallet Shuttle and view its status indicators (shuttle battery, automatic/manual mode, and location method applied).
This advanced functionality also facilitates the integration of the Pallet Shuttle system with automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) . In these scenarios, Easy WMS assumes total control over storage system operations, issuing tasks to both the AGV or AMR and the motor-driven shuttle. As a result, the different devices are perfectly synchronized. This solution fully automates pallet storage and retrieval in addition to the repositioning of the motorized shuttle.
LIMIT UNNECESSARY MOVEMENTS IN THE WAREHOUSE
WMS & Pallet Shuttle Integration features
Facilitates management of the motorized shuttle and of the WMS from the same interface. |
Controls Easy WMS and the Pallet Shuttle via the warehouse’s WiFi infrastructure. |
Notifies shuttle operators of their tasks. |
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Speeds up pallet entry and exit cycles. |
WMS & PALLET SHUTTLE INTEGRATION ADAPTS TO BOTH FIFO AND LIFO METHODS
“We’re thrilled with the Pallet Shuttle system and with the Mecalux Easy WMS software that runs the automatic shuttles. It’s both comprehensive and easy to use. From its installation, the warehouse has produced excellent results.”
Case Studies
Costa Concentrados Levantinos: technology refreshes the supply chain
Vegetable drink and horchata producer Costa Concentrados Levantinos has optimized its supply chain with a comprehensive logistics solution. Interlake Mecalux has outfitted the company's warehouse with pallets racks and the Pallet Shuttle system to ensure traceability of each product. Read more
De Prado boosts production with the Pallet Shuttle system managed by Easy WMS
Agricultural company De Prado has launched a new business line dedicated to almond production and, to that end, has overhauled its logistics processes. The business has opened a warehouse in Portugal equipped with Mecalux's Pallet Shuttle system and Easy WMS warehouse management software. Read more
Panificadora de Alcalá automates logistics processes to make over 1 M product units a day
Bread manufacturer Panificadora de Alcalá has a modern logistics center outfitted with the latest storage and traceability control technology. The logistics center consists of Mecalux’s semi-automated and automated Pallet Shuttle systems with transfer cars, as well as its Easy WMS software. Read more
