In the automotive parts industry, where SKUs are complex, warehouse management is often busy and inefficient, and companies face long-term challenges such as low picking efficiency and slow order dispatch speeds. How can the picking efficiency dilemma be broken? Recently, Zowell order picker + man-down three-way forklift are implemented at an automotive parts customer, successfully helping the customer achieve a breakthrough in logistics efficiency.

Project Background

The customer is engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive parts and accessories. In recent years, with the explosive growth of the new energy vehicle market, the number of product SKUs and specifications has continued to increase, resulting in a severe shortage of warehouse space.

Project Difficulties

l The warehouse has a complex SKU structure, covering multiple specifications of accessories and numerous batches. As the business has grown, the low utilization rate of warehouse space has become a shortcoming, leading to an increase in storage costs.

l Manual picking involves long daily walking times for pickers and low work efficiency. Using traditional picking equipment, it is difficult to improve order picking efficiency.

Zowell Solutions

According to Zowell’s plan, the customer divided the storage area into a loose goods picking area and a palletized goods storage area. The shelf area suitable for 8m high-level picking forklifts is only 1.3m wide, which is extremely narrow.

The high-position order picker can raise and lower the cab synchronously while driving, eliminating the inefficient step of reaching a fixed position before lifting in traditional operations. This improves picking efficiency and is particularly suitable for this customer's high-frequency picking of a large number of SKUs!