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CAPE Systems Light Directed Order Fulfillment Systems fully automate your order processing and product distribution needs. CAPE Systems offers the most comprehensive set of Order Fulfillment/Pick-To-Light solutions in the industry.

Depending on your picking requirements, we can provide a standalone pick-to-light system or we can provide multiple pick solutions with a series of automation features all controlled by the CAPE Order Fulfillment System (OFS). The OFS acts as a central server for all your automation and picking subsystems. The OFS controls order distribution to the proper subsystem. Pick-to-light, pick/put-to-store, RF-picking, carousel, wireless cart, and other third-party picking solutions can be controlled by the OFS. The OFS provides order status data from all of the pick subsystems back to your Enterprise Solution.

Click here for a CAPE Pick-To-Light Brochure.

OFS/Pick-To-Light System features/benefits include:

•  Increased productivity
•  Decreased operational costs
•  Typical return on investment (ROI) of one year
•  Dramatic improvements in order accuracy
•  Virtual elimination of picking errors
•  Decreased order turn-around time
•  Views of real-time order processing status
•  Comprehensive picker productivity reporting
•  The ability to balance workloads in accordance with order volume and staffing
•  Growth through modular expansion and enhancements to the system

Typical picking system screens and light modules are shown below. The links that follow provide additional information about each product.

 
Picker Productivity - By Day  Product Picks - By Month
   
 
PicRite Bay Information Display (BID)   Standard Pick Quantity Display (PQD)
   
 

Two-Color PQD for Pack/Piece
Picking from a Single Location

  PQD with Beacon
   
 
Alphanumeric PQD for Lot Control 

Two-Color/Up/Down PQD for Dual Locations

   
 

PutRite BID

  PutRite PQD with Carton Close Switch
   
 
TurnRite Location Quantity Indicator (LQI) for Carousel Picks  TurnRite Batch Put Indicator (BPI) for Carousel Puts
   

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OFS PicRite ® PutRite ® CartRite ® TurnRite ®

CAPE Order Fulfillment System - OFS

The OFS provides a comprehensive automated solution for all of your order fulfillment and warehouse automation needs. All order processing requirements within your distribution center are managed by the OFS.

  • First, the system provides a single point of contact to your ERP/WMS solution.
  • Second, it controls all aspects of order fulfillment through RF, Pick-To-Light, Carousel, Cart and other paperless picking solutions.
  • Third, the system controls other mission critical processes such as electronic scales, conveyors, diverters, and sorters as well as other similar real-time automation components. The OFS simplifies the ERP/WMS operations in your facility by reducing or eliminating many of the decision-making requirements for the ERP/WMS.
The OFS is the perfect complement to any Warehouse Management (WM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System. It operates on popular platforms such as Linux on Intel servers and utilizes industry standard Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as Informix.

Key functions OFS provides are: state-of-the-art paperless picking, order process management, carton contents cubing, labeling, intelligent conveying and diverting, integrated scanning, electronic weighing, order packing and verification, outbound sortation, palletizing, manifesting, and system-directed truck-loading. If desired, inventory control functions such as receiving, system-directed putaway, automatic replenishment, consolidation and cycle counting can be included.

The OFS acts as a central server for all your automation and picking subsystems. Your Enterprise Solution simply downloads the orders to the OFS . The OFS controls order distribution to the proper subsystem. Pick-to-light (PicRite), pick/put-to-store (PutRite), RF-picking, carousel (TurnRite), wireless cart (CartRite), RF-Picking, and third party solutions such as A-Frames can be seamlessly interfaced to the OFS and thereby to your Enterprise Solution.

Click here for an OFS data sheet.
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PicRite ® Pick-To-Light System

The PicRite ® pick-to-light system offers accurate, high-speed picking. The system's intelligent light modules quickly guide the picker to the right products and display the quantity required for each pick.

The PicRite system is used in all types of flow rack, shelving, and pallet flow order picking applications. The system guides each picker to the products to be picked for each carton and specifies the quantities required. PicRite allows the picker to indicate pick Complete or Shortages directly at the pick location. The system also supports lot number control which is typically required for pharmaceutical and other applications with comprehensive inventory control restrictions.

PicRite Key Features - CAPE 's leading edge light solutions ensure that you have the edge in performance you need to compete. We offer the widest array of light devices available in the industry today:

  • Bright and easy-to-read LED displays
  • Four to eight digit numeric displays
  • Eight character alphanumeric displays
  • Advanced lot and serial number control available
  • Bay Information Displays incorporate bay lamps, audible alerts and eight character displays
  • High speed communication network offers immediate responses at the pick location
  • All displays incorporate microprocessor technology
  • Wide variety of host interfaces available

Central Work Station - The PicRite Central Work Station controls light system operation and features:

  • Multi-user multi-tasking Windows operating system
  • Graphical user interface
  • Minimal employee training requirements
  • Multi-level system password protection
  • Ad-hoc report generation
  • Real-time status inquiries
  • Employee accountability and productivity tracking
  • Workload planning via Zone Balancing
  • Rush and emergency order processing
Click here for a PicRite data sheet.
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PutRite ® Put-To-Light System

The PutRite system is used in a variety of applications where products delivered in bulk containers such as full-cases are distributed to individual cartons typically representing store orders. The system guides distribution of product to the appropriate put location for each store carton and specifies the quantity required. The system tracks all product quantities put into each carton and maintains a record of the remaining product requirements.

PutRite Key Features - CAPE 's leading edge light solutions ensure that you have the edge in performance you need to compete. We offer the widest array of light devices available in the industry today:

  • Bright and easy-to-read LED displays
  • Four digit numeric Put Quantity Displays
  • Bay Information Displays incorporate bay lamps, audible alerts and eight character displays
  • High speed communication network offers immediate responses at the pick location
  • All displays incorporate microprocessor technology
  • Snap together cable connections
  • Wide variety of host interfaces available

Central Work Station - The PutRite Central Work Station controls light system operation and features:

  • Multi-user multi-tasking operating system
  • Menu-driven user interface
  • Minimal employee training requirements
  • Multi-level system password protection
  • Comprehensive order sorting and selection controls
  • Ad-hoc report generation
  • Real-time status inquiries
  • Employee accountability and productivity tracking
  • Supports rush and emergency order processing
Click here for a PutRite data sheet.
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CartRite ® Mobile RF-Cart

CartRite ® offers low cost, accurate, high-speed picking for areas not equipped with a pick-to-light system. CartRite perfectly handles the 80% of your products that constitute 20% of your volume. The CartRite System is the perfect solution for applications with large numbers of medium-to-slow moving SKUs. CartRite combines computer controlled loose or split case picking with batch processing. The system controls batch picking into shipping cartons or totes by directing users to the proper warehouse location for each pick and indicating the quantity required for each carton/tote.

How CartRite Works - The CartRite system includes a laptop computer with full-size display, wireless LAN connection, a scanner, display modules for each put carton/tote location on the cart, and a power pack. Typical carts contain from 9 through 16 carton/tote locations. The system is capable of supporting virtually any number of warehouse locations. The power supply and rechargeable batteries enable the cart to operate for an 8-hour work shift. The CartRite system guides the pickers to the proper warehouse locations for the orders in the batch on the cart and displays the quantities required for each carton/tote on the corresponding light modules. Order status is reported back to the system server on a continuous basis.

Click here for a CartRite data sheet.
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TurnRite ® Carousel Control System

The TurnRite system is used in all types of carousel batch order processing applications. The system controls all industry standard horizontal and vertical carousels. The system supports multiple workstation operation, with each workstation consisting of one or more carousels. The TurnRite system combines carousel pick and batch put operations, as well carousel restocking and cycle counting functions.

For each order pick, the system controls the rotation of the carousel to deliver the product to the picker. The TurnRite system indicates the proper pick locations/quantities and guides the distribution of carousel picks into the proper cartons. Light displays in a tower adjacent to the carousel guide the picker to the proper bin pick location and display the quantity to be picked. At that point, the system's light-directed batching feature guides distribution of the picks into the proper cartons.

TurnRite Key Features - CAPE 's leading edge light solutions ensure that you have the edge in performance you need to compete. We offer the widest array of light devices available in the industry today:
  • Bright and easy-to-read LED displays
  • Six digit displays
  • Eight character alphanumeric displays
  • Location Quantity Indicators incorporate carousel locator beacons and six character multi-color displays
  • High speed communication network offers the fastest response times available
  • All displays incorporate microprocessor technology
  • Wide variety of host interfaces available

Central Work Station - The TurnRite Central Work Station controls light system operation and features:

  • Multi-user multi-tasking operating system
  • Menu-driven user interface
  • Minimal employee training required
  • Multi-level system password protection
  • Comprehensive order sorting and selection controls
  • Ad-hoc report generation
  • Real-time status inquiries
  • Employee accountability and productivity tracking
  • Order routing control
  • Supports rush and emergency order processing
Click here for a TurnRite data sheet.

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Customer Service service@capesystems.com

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