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Pick by voice
- Error reduction
- Time Saving & Productivity
- Two hands free
- Cost savings
Collecting orders with pick by voice system
Increase the productivity of your employees on the shop floor in the distribution center or warehouse with an end-to-end pick by voice system, integrated into your logistics process. You can use a pick by voice solution from CaptureTech for multiple warehouse operations and inventory management, and it brings the biggest advantage in order picking, compared to barcode scanning or working with paper.
What is pick by voice?
With pick by voice technology based on speech recognition, also known as voice recognition (speech recognition or voice recognition), you can do voice-controlled work in a distribution center or warehouse. Each employee has a voice terminal and headset with microphone. They receive spoken instructions naturally and confirm orders verbally in real time to your WMS, ERP or our CaptureTech Connect software.
Coop Supermarkets
“CaptureTech connected our SAP system to the Voice system. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to train people the Voice system.”
Marco van der Zalm
IT Manager
How do I deploy pick by voice?
Voice can be used for all work processes in your distribution center or warehouse. The most profit, however, is achieved by using pick by voice in order picking. Of all warehouse activities, order picking is the most time-consuming process. The gains you realize by deploying pick by voice, in terms of accuracy and error reduction and thus productivity, are potentially very large.
How does pick by voice work in practice?
A pick by voice solution is fed with data from the WMS. CaptureTech’s products communicate effortlessly with all known and commonly used WMSs. With a direct link between the pick by voice terminals and the WMS, data processed with voice enters the WMS in real time. The WMS indicates through the headset to which location the order picker should walk. After speaking a check number, which ensures the accuracy of the location, the pick by voice system indicates in voice how many units they need to pick.
Flower wholesaler W.K. Heyl
What do our customers say?
“Since the order pickers have been working with pick by voice, customer complaints have decreased by over 65%. Thanks in part to an improvement in the order picking process, productivity has increased by 50%.”
Koen Heyl
Director
Get in quickly with RapidStart
RapidStart makes your warehouse workers self-learning. This handy software tool lets them get started learning to work with voice independently. As a result, the manager has to spend much less time explaining to, and training, new employees.
Voice hardware
Most frequently asked questions about pick by voice
How quickly can I hire staff with voice picking?
During the onboarding process, (new) employees learn how the order picking process works. For example, what are the safety instructions and stacking instructions for orders? To make the familiarization process as efficient as possible, CaptureTech offers the Honeywell RapidStart self-training module for voice picking. Read more.
Is voice picking suitable for refrigerated warehouses?
Voice picking brings great benefits to the freezing and refrigeration industry. Here, employees often work with (safety) gloves on, which seriously complicates the use of mobile terminals. Read more
Speech-dependent or speech-independent?
CaptureTech believes that a speech-dependent (trained) system is a better system in every way. Read more.
Is voice picking suitable for single and batch picking?
Various order picking systems can be used in order picking. The pick density has a major impact on the right choice of system. Read more.
Is voice picking suitable for web shops?
Next-day or same-day delivery, an extensive return flow, a competitive marketplace and the dire staff shortage. Voice picking is a technology of choice to address the logistical challenges in e-commerce. Read more here.
What is the ROI in voice picking?
The return on investment (ROI) is often less than ten months! CaptureTech proves that with its DC walkthrough including ROI calculation. Read more
What are the benefits for the order picker?
Because hands and eyes are free, order pickers can fully focus on their main task: order picking. Voice picking allows them to work quickly and comfortably. Less stressful due to fewer movements such as bending and stretching. Read more
Why an end-to-end solution right away?
A voice system can be used for all work processes in your distribution center or warehouse. The most profit, however, is achieved by using voice picking in order picking. Order picking is the most time consuming, longest lasting process within your inventory management. The gains you realize by deploying voice picking, in terms of accuracy and correctness and thus productivity are potentially very large. Read more.
Voice-picking for for smaller warehouses?
Voice picking can be used for all work processes in your distribution center or warehouse. The most profit, however, is achieved by using voice picking in order picking. Order picking is the most time consuming, longest lasting process within your inventory management. The gains you realize by deploying voice picking, in terms of accuracy and correctness and thus productivity are potentially very large. Read more.
What software for voice picking?
We connect our voice picking solution to your existing or new WMS or ERP. Read more.
For which warehouse is voice picking the best choice?
Do you have a somewhat smaller warehouse or just a large distribution center? A transit warehouse, a web shop, a parts warehouse or a wholesale business? Order picking with a voice solution is suitable for all of these situations. Read more
Need advice?
Choosing IT solutions and automation techniques is not something you make lightly. So take advantage of the knowledge and experience our employees have gained over the past 23 years in thousands of warehouses. Send Kees Nijssen an e-mail, fill out the form below or call us at +31 252 241544.
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Kees Nijssen
Logistics consultant
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