Since its creation in 2009, Bitcoin has gone through an astonishing rise. Along the way, it’s hit value highs of over $1000 per Bitcoin, been touted as a viable alternative to traditional forms of money and is now even being considered for currency status by the Japanese government. Whilst the hype surrounding the currency has … Continue reading Should Your Ecommerce Website Support Bitcoin Payments?

We just thought we would share our 3D layout that we are using as a visual for our K-Pick system (view more on the conveyor picking system here). The layout are used as a representative layout of a typical application of K-Pick. This includes the conveyor, goods in, put away, stock, picking and despatch. Also, … Continue reading New visual for 3D conveyor layout

Despite the amount of research invested in warehouse management, many will testify how cumbersome a task finding an efficient strategy in order picking can be. The general overview of order picking is that a business receives its products, which are then distributed to various locations throughout the warehouse. Pickers are then assigned to fulfil these … Continue reading Different Warehouse Picking Methods

Looking to improve warehouse picker efficiency? Here is an infographic based on research showing where pickers time is taken up in the warehouse.

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Picking methods need to be accurate, labour saving and timely. The best picking method is dependent on the product type and volume of orders and how many picks per order. Piece picking is where individual products are picked, typical of mail order companies, there are thousands of products on the inventory but only a few … Continue reading Custom Picking Methods

With the ever-increasing popularity of shopping online, ecommerce businesses are keen to make the customers’ shopping experience as straightforward and efficient as possible. Order fulfilment, particularly the picking of products, after purchase by the customer, remains a part of the process vulnerable to delays. Ecommerce giants, Amazon recognised the need to improve their warehouse picking … Continue reading Total automation of the warehouse picking process – are we there yet?

Working with UCH, Keymas offered a tailored version of it’s advanced warehouse management system, K-Store

Incline belt conveyors are very often a critical piece of equipment within a warehouse, if they develop a problem it can result in total shutdown of operations with heavy financial implications.
Many incline belts are running for 12 hours a day 6 days a week which means maintenance is very important. Keymas offer a full maintenance package for conveyors to prevent these issues but in addition we recommend product sensors and intelligent control to prevent accidental overloading or permanent running which will drastically reduce the working life.

Here is an infographic we produced to show the to key 5 areas of a warehouse management system. Click on the infographic to view a larger version. The key areas are: 1) Goods in 2) Put away 3) Stock 4) Picking 5) Despatch