Put-Away Verification

Vimaan addresses these put-away reporting challenges and automates put-away verification with PickTRACK, a suite of sensors and cameras that are configured to fit on existing forklifts and other material handling equipment. PickTRACK put-away verification capabilities deliver three distinct advantages to 3PLs, warehouses and brands:

• Ongoing location audits and cycle counting – While tracking and ensuring accurate put-away tasks, PickTRACK conducts location specific incrementing and decrementing, helping deliver the highest level of inventory accuracy to the WMS.
• Locates Placed Goods and Keeps the Associates Productive – Inventory put-away events and locations are reported back to the WMS, allowing order pickers to pinpoint goods faster and more accurately. 
• Eliminates the need for the associate to scan the item and location barcodes – Since the computer vision solution automatically records the put-away event, the associate can be freed up to just perform pick and put tasks rather than spend time scanning each event.

During the automated put-away process as the MHE approaches a pallet, PickTRACK automatically detects and reads the pallet labels. The drivers then proceed to their put-away missions as normal. PickTRACK sensors that are fitted on the MHE automatically track its motion and location through the warehouse.  When the driver puts away a pallet, PickTRACK automatically detects the put event and also records the location.   

It is important to note that NO change to the normal workflow is required. If put away is done on an MHE, the driver simply picks up the pallet and drives to the directed location to put away the item.  PickTRACK automatically updates the WMS when the put occurs.  

Because MHE location can also be tracked like a GPS for your car, warehouses that use PickTRACK become much more efficient in planning, routing, and optimizing the path of placing and picking goods throughout their facilities.  

• PickTRACK can be used for both rack storage as well as bulk floor storage.
• In cases of a put-away “validation”, PickTRACK pulls “put” tasks directly from the WMS and validates MHE activity against these task lists. In cases where there is no barcode scanner, PickTRACK simply replaces the barcode scanner and updates the WMS with the put activity.
• Data collected during previous put-away missions informs open space utilization and maximizes available warehouse real estate.
• In cases where pallets are placed double deep, or multi-high stacked at a location, PickTRACK can track the “depth” or “height” in the stack. This provides a “3D” build up of the warehouse and each location. Each layer can be digitally “peeled back” to see what items are behind one another.  
• There is no need to change proven put-away procedures, PickTRACK seamlessly integrates into exiting processes, allowing MHE Drivers to stay in their seats.

• PickTRACK sensors and lights automatically activate when approaching pallets during picks. They deactivated after the pick. Similarly, they automatically activate during the put and then deactivate once the put-away task is complete.
• PickTRACK automatically scans and captures label information on inventory and the location of the MHE during pick and put activities.
• Vimaan highlights any discrepancies (item LPNs, quantities or locations) in near-real time, thus ensuring put-away accuracy against the WMS. 

• Placed goods are tracked and reported back to the WMS or other warehouse system of record in near real-time
• Warehouse managers use PickTRACK to assess MHE utilization and associate activity for future performance optimization
• Vimaan creates a digital twin of your warehouse making it easier to plan, route, and optimize MHE paths across your facility.
• Like a GPS for your car, PickTRACK enables warehouses to become much more efficient in planning, routing, and optimizing the path of put-away events.