Why Use Order Pickers?
Jun 14, 2024| If you have a business that deals with many physical items, you may benefit from using an order picker.
Businesses that utilize order pickers include warehouses, retailers, distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and similar operations involved in order fulfillment applications.
Order pickers are faster and safer than using ladders and other tools for retrieving smaller items from high shelving.
When you have a lot of items stored at different heights, you may use pallet racking, which can go up quite high. In such cases, it's not practical, safe, or efficient to have workers constantly moving ladders back and forth, climbing up and down to retrieve stock from shelves.
Order pickers provide several advantages over ladders and other equipment types:
Efficiency: Order pickers are designed to move quickly and easily through a warehouse, allowing employees to pick items and fill orders more efficiently.
Ergonomics: Order pickers help reduce the strain and fatigue associated with manual order picking, allowing employees to work longer and more comfortably.
Reach: Order pickers typically have a vertical reach of several levels, enabling workers to pick items from high shelves and racks without ladders or scaffolding.
Speed: With the help of order pickers, employees can pick and fill orders at a faster pace than they would be able to do manually. This can be especially useful in high-volume warehouses or during busy periods.
Safety: Order pickers can help reduce the risk of injuries associated with manual order picking, such as back strain or falls from heights.
Navigation: Order pickers can effectively navigate narrow aisle environments, making them ideal for warehouses looking to maximize space and capacity through closer racking.
Order Pickers and Aisle Widths: What You Need to Know
One of the significant advantages of order pickers is their ability to operate in very narrow-aisle applications (very narrow aisles measure 1.8 meters wide or less).
For example, depending on the features, a JQLift ZAT series order picker can be as narrow as 760mm. If you are looking to add more storage space by reducing your aisle widths, order pickers may be an excellent option.