For what type of warehouse is voice picking the best choice?

The beauty of the recent voice picking technology is that the added value of this solution is equally evident in any warehouse. Voice picking reduces errors, brings time savings and increases productivity, resulting in greater customer and employee satisfaction.

Suitable for any distribution center or warehouse

Do you have a somewhat smaller warehouse or just a large distribution center? A transit warehouse, a web shop or a parts warehouse? Or a wholesale business? Order picking with a voice solution is suitable for all of these situations.

Voice picking is faster than order picking with paper documents (about 10-15% faster) and order picking based on RF/barcodes (about 15%-25%). It requires a limited investment in training. The “natural” user interface and hands-free operation increase employee efficiency. Online data integration greatly facilitates back-office administration. Voice picking also improves ergonomics and safety. There is even a positive correlation between the use of voice technology for order picking and (lower) absenteeism.

Voice dependent: always the right option for a noisy distribution center

A warehouse with lots of noise seems like a challenging environment for voice picking. If you choose a speech-dependent (trained) voice system in combination with quality headsets that have a noise filtering system, however, voice recognition works perfectly. Ambient noise or even spoken language from colleagues: it poses no problem at all. With voice, order pickers can work much faster, keep their hands and eyes free and perform their work better equipped.