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Path Optimization 305.2 feet - 33.3%
Location Sequence 457.7 feet 0.0%
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receiving the user’s spoken words. Increased
picking accuracy and productivity through
hands-free/eyes-free operations allow associates to work with increased job focus.
The Lydia system is based on the most
up-to-date voice recognition technology and
does not require individual voice templates
for each user, the company says. Any speaker, regardless of dialect or accent, can be
recognized immediately without prior speech
training. With Lydia, it is also possible to have
multiple languages in use within the same
application.
Lydia can easily be added to existing WMS
or ERP systems without middleware. (TopVox
Corp., www.top-vox.com)
Pick-to-voice systems: Dematic’s pick-to-voice systems are designed for fast-medi-um and medium-slow full-case and split-case
products. They are ideal when a large number
of SKUs need to be serviced, the company
says. Dematic says use of the technology has
resulted in picking rate increases of up to 35
percent over conventional systems, with a
picking accuracy rate of 99.9 percent.
Dematic’s pick-to-voice systems require
very little training. Operators simply slip on
the headset and spend about 15 minutes
letting the system become familiar with their
voice. Users interact wirelessly through the
headset in real time with the host computer
or WMS, which allows them to hear instructions and perform tasks without having to
look at a handheld screen or sort through
picking labels.
Voice picking can also be fully integrated
into zone routing systems. Multiple orders can
be batched together for more efficient picking
of small orders. Alternatively, multiple orders
can be batched to pick carts for slower-mov-ing items. (Dematic, www.dematic.com)
Mobile voice system: Vangard Voice
Systems Inc.’s AccuSpeechMobile is a practical,
multi-OS, “server-less” solution that upgrades
any mobile workforce application with a fully
functional voice user interface and seamless
application integration, powered solely from
wireless mobile devices. Its voice architecture
voice-powers any existing mobile device with
no changes to the application’s code.
With AccuSpeechMobile, a single voice
utterance can execute multiple application
functions simultaneously and automatically
from the mobile device. The mobile solution
supports on-premise, cloud-based, hosted, or
SaaS mobile implementations, the company
says. (Vangard Voice Systems Inc., www.
accuspeechmobile.com)
Voice suite solution: Top-Vox Corp. offers its Lydia voice solution for customers looking for a client-based speech system. The Lydia voice suite has the advantage of being hardware independent. Lydia runs on many standard computers with
Windows Mobile or Windows CE, even when using different PDA devices in the
same application.
As a speech-based system, Lydia frees the user from unnecessary work steps like
the handling of picking lists or bar-code scanners. The written instructions on paper
or screen are replaced by spoken directions delivered via the headset. The normal
data input is not done by keyboard or scanner but by an integrated microphone
