Automatic stereo library It is the result of production and technological development after the Second World War. The development of elevated warehouse and its material handling equipment in China was not late. In 1963, the first bridge stacker crane was developed. In 1973, the first computerized automated elevated warehouse (15m high) was developed. The warehouse was put into operation in 1980. Elevated warehouse has become an indispensable technology for enterprise logistics and production management because of its high space utilization rate, strong inbound and outbound capacity, and the use of computers to control management, which is conducive to the implementation of modern management.
The automated elevated warehouse has a wide range of applications, almost all over the industry. In China, automated elevated warehouses are mainly used in machinery, pharmacy, IT, metallurgy, chemical industry, aerospace, electronics, food processing, tobacco, household appliances, printing, distribution centers, airports, ports, etc. With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, it is a trend for traditional manufacturing enterprises to use automated warehouse. In the face of the growing cost of employment, and the high risk for many industries, why use the crowd tactics? In addition to the problem of labor costs, the increasingly high land price is also a problem that cannot be ignored!
What restricts our warehouse to use efficient automated management methods to improve efficiency and reduce costs?
1、 What factors affect the implementation of warehouse automation?
1. Industry characteristics also affect the implementation of automated warehouse projects, such as product varieties, packaging specifications, product quantities, etc.
2. The company size and storage volume support whether the enterprise chooses automation.
3. The experience and consciousness of the company's management determine the trend of the company's warehouse automation. If the company's management does not have a comprehensive understanding and grasp of the advantages brought by automation, it is difficult to promote the implementation of automation within the company; Especially for manufacturing enterprises, the main operation place is the production line, and the warehouse (raw material warehouse, finished product warehouse) usually receives low attention, which naturally ignores the benefits of warehouse automation investment.
4、 The lower cost of labor or automation directly affects whether to implement automation. From a short-term and single perspective, the labor cost is relatively low, and the amount of equipment investment is huge. If you focus on the immediate situation, investors are more willing to obtain high returns with low investment.
5. The uncertainty of the future will affect the implementation of automated warehouse. The automated warehouse equipment is a fixed asset with a large investment. If the future forecast is not correct, the number of storage orders will decline, which will inevitably lead to waste of project investment. The number of storage orders will rise, and the equipment size is too small to meet the needs, which requires secondary expansion or additional construction; Compared with the flexibility that manual work can be summoned and waved away, the advantages are not obvious.
2、 Automation Stereoscopic library be the pink of perfection?
Let's take a look at the advantages of automated warehouse:
1. Because it can make full use of the vertical space of the warehouse, the storage capacity per unit area is several times that of the ordinary single storey warehouse according to the number of shelves, which greatly reduces the storage cost.
2. Centralized storage location is convenient for control and management, especially the use of electronic computer management, which can not only realize automatic control of operations, but also enable information sharing, online query functions, etc; And it can be connected with the company's existing ERP, MES and other systems.
3. The use of computers for storage management can easily achieve "first in first out", and can prevent the natural aging, deterioration, rust, and loss of goods; At the same time, the system can set the expiration alert of the validity period of goods in advance, which effectively solves the problem of expired raw materials.
4. It can better adapt to the requirements of dark, low temperature, toxic and other special environments. For example, the film factory stores the film reel in the automated stereoscopic warehouse. Under completely dark conditions, the computer control can realize the automatic entry and exit of the film reel.
5、 All warehouse operations are mechanized and automated. On the one hand, it can greatly save manpower and reduce labor costs, on the other hand, it can greatly improve the efficiency of operations; It has improved the comprehensive competitiveness and image of the enterprise.
6. If pallet or cargo box is used to store goods, the damage rate of goods will be significantly reduced.
