Warehouse Insight

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Warehouse Insight from Harland Simon provides real time tracking and locating of pallets and fork lift trucks in warehouses.

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Warehouse Insight

Warehouse Insight

Monitor and record the movement of each truck

Track every pallet in your warehouse without operator input

Give step-by-step instructions to each driver

Show you where inefficiency is costing you most

Warehouse Insight can ...

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Warehouse Insight Components

Warehouse Management System

Warehouse Insight

Wireless Access Point

Insight MHE Terminal

Instructions sent from Insight.Progress and activity sent from truck

The Advantage of Insight

Insight knows how high the truck is reaching

Insight knows whether the truck is picking up or putting down

Insight can identify each load by its barcode and its position

Insight ‘sees’ and records every warehouse transaction

Insight knows the floor position of every truck in the warehouse to within a few inches

Insight for MHE Operators

The Insight terminal is an all-in-one touch screen and PC (tablet) with a wireless connection

The Insight terminal has a number of simple, clear operator screens

The operator receives instructions and can make manual updates via the terminal

Every truck is equipped with an Insight terminal

Insight for Warehouse Managers

Many standard reports detailing transactions, efficiency, mistakes, idle time etc

Real-time monitoring of warehouse movements

Additional bespoke reports can be added to the system

Example Warehouse Manager’s Screens

The Underlying Technology

The Underlying Technology

Total-Trax is a unique technology which is rapidly gaining a foothold in warehouses

Sky-Trax is an ‘optical GPS’ that locates MHE to within an inch in a warehouse

Skan-Free automatically reads barcodes with no manual intervention

Insight is based on Total-Trax technology – Sky-Trax and Skan-Free

Some Total-Trax Users

First UK User

The Underlying Technology

Each MHE has the following fitted to it -

An optical position sensor

A Sky-Box processor unit

An optical label reader

A load sensor

A lift height sensor for fork lifts

Insight operator terminal

The Underlying Technology

The warehouse ceiling is marked out with optical position markers (OPMs)

The Underlying Technology

Every load is identified by a 2D barcode

The Underlying Technology

The position of the truck is continually calculated by reference to the OPMs and transmitted back to the Insight server

When a load is engaged, it is identified by its 2D barcode

The Return on Investment

The Return on Investment

Trucks• Fleet Size• Truck Depreciation• Truck Damage

People• Man Hours• Training• Supervision

Building• Building Damage• Racking Out of Use

Process• Stock Checks• Low Code Checks• Pick Face Replenishment Accuracy

Warehouse Insight