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MATERIAL HANDLING

a) operator-to-stock (OTS)

(or man-to-part or in-the-aisle system) is if the operator travels to the
storage location to retrieve material and stock. Operator-to-stock equipment
types are Bin Shelving, Modular Storage Drawers in Cabinets and Gravity Flow

Rack. Operator-to-Stock Systems retrieval equipment types are Picking Carts,
Order Picking Trucks Person-on-Board AR/R and Robotic Retrieval.

b) Stock-to-operator
O r (part-to-man or end-aisle systems) is if material is mechanically

transported to and operator for retrieval. Stock-to-operator equipments are
Miniload Automated Storage and Retrieval Machines

Figure 5.15: Pallet stacking frame storage
5.4.4 Automatic identification and communication equipment

A vision system reading and interpreting labels to identify the proper
destination for a cartin traveling on a sortation conveyor - A laser scanner to
relay the inventory levels of a small parts warehouse to a computer via radio
frequency communication. A voice recognition system to identify parts received

at the receiving dock. A radio frequency (RF) or surface acoustical wave (SAW)
tag use to permanently identify a tote pans or pallet. A card with magnetic
stripe that travels with a unit load to identify the load through the
distribution channels

1) Automatic Identification and Recognition Technologies
a) Bar Coding
Bar codes, bar code readers (contact and non contact), and bar code printers

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read and interpret
alphanumeric data. Equipments include handheld scanners.

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