Efficient Scanning and Packaging of Shipments in Industries

Abstract

Scanning devices are commonly used in warehouses or POS [Point of Sale terminals] to speed up data entry tasks and to minimize manual errors while recording the entries into the system. Users working with scanning devices to scan materials or packages usually perform the scanning activity in a large set of transactions each workday. The person working with the scanning device needs to do this activity in a repeated manner, continuously and with minimal deviations to optimize the performance output and efficiently manage the workload. Organizations look for ways to further optimize the processing time(s) to move the inventory faster while reducing the number of steps [iterations] to complete the scanning activity for a given set of activities. In this paper, a methodology that is designed and developed to optimize the scanning activity is being highlighted. Furthermore, an efficient way to pack, move the inventory faster, reduce the number of iterations and a performance evaluation is carried out with traditional approaches.