Testing vision picking technology in warehouse operations: Evidence from laboratory experiments

• Main Authors: A. Gialos, V. Zeimpekis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences 2020-02-01
• Series: International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
• Subjects: vision picking; wearable technology; logistics 4.0; smart glasses
• Online Access: http://ijiemjournal.org/counter/click.php?id=vol11_01_02

Lately, the complexity of warehouse operations has increased significantly due to the increase of same-day deliveries, customer requests for frequent and low-volume orders as well as the need for faster response times. Although all warehouse processes are critical, order picking contributes significantly to the total operational warehouse costs and affects also customer service level. The aim of this paper is to present evidence from laboratory experiments that evaluate vision picking technology in both accuracy and time efficiency level. We adopt the Design of Experiments (DoE) methodologyin order to examine the impact of four parameters that affect the performance of the system. The results are encouraging showing the benefits that order pickers may have by adopting the proposed technology.