Project Background

In response to the challenges of complex batch numbers for pharmaceutical SKU categories, fragmented orders, and end-of-line delivery, Changheng Intelligent has designed an intelligent warehousing solution for a certain pharmaceutical distribution enterprise that integrates to B to C and precisely schedules order data.

The plan covers the division of five functional areas, including the whole piece storage area, the disassembly and picking area, the rechecking and sowing area, the packaging area and the outbound area.

Through the cross-warehouse area solution, Changheng Intelligent has achieved multiple operations such as full-piece picking, replenishment, and piece-by-piece picking while ensuring that the storage space occupies more than half of the area. Multiple parallel sorting lines provide greater storage capacity within a limited space while enhancing operational efficiency.

The operation processes in each area are both interrelated and work together, yet each has its own agility, allowing for transformation and expansion.

The complete process from full cases to individual items has optimized the personnel operation paths, and refined the operation levels and replenishment rules, providing differentiated delivery capabilities for drugs.

Solution

Full box order picking

There are three parallel lines in the entire storage area. One of them is the sorting line that directly sorts the entire drug out of the warehouse, while the other directly sends the entire drug to the verification and sowing table. In addition, there is a replenishment sorting line, which is used to replenish whole stored medicines to the fragmented picking area.

This single replenishment sorting line alone has a replenishment capacity of 2,000 boxes per hour. From the replenishment of drugs to their release from the warehouse, each link is recorded with corresponding data information and strictly adheres to the drug traceability management norms.

In cross-regional locations, Changheng Intelligent has also equipped fire linkage flip plate machines to ensure the safety management autonomy of each area and at the same time protect the drug storage environment.

When the fire roller shutter door is lowered, the flip plate machine automatically lifts to ensure fire safety between different areas.

Box sorting order picking

In the piece-by-piece picking area, there are also three parallel sorting lines, but they are different from the whole-piece storage area. The topmost replenishment sorting line extends from the whole piece storage area, while the middle and lower two conveyor lines are used for the transportation and picking of medicines between the small piece picking area and the rechecking and sowing area.

After the order instructions are generated by the WMS, the staff or robots sort the required medicines into boxes, and then the medicine boxes move along the middle layer's sorting and picking line for outbound to the verification and sowing area.

During the conveying process, the pusher block transfer machine will send the boxes to the corresponding review seeding table for order review. Afterwards, the packed medicines will be automatically distributed to the corresponding express delivery ports, while the empty boxes will be automatically returned to the sorting and picking area. This system has a packaging, outbound and sorting capacity of 3,000 cases per hour.

At each step of the process, the system organically combines the work of humans and machines, accumulates order information and drug information into data, and assists in operation management. During the review process, the use of light picking technology can quickly and accurately indicate the position of the shelves and the names of the medicines, thereby enhancing the speed and accuracy of picking. In addition, the electronic tag system can also be integrated with WMS to manage drug inventory and provide data analysis, offering enterprises a comprehensive warehousing solution and helping them achieve digital transformation and business upgrading.

At the recheck seeding table, goods can be accurately picked according to the light prompts.

Changheng Advantage

With the help of Changheng Intelligent's solution, this pharmaceutical distribution enterprise can simultaneously meet the demands of various channels without worrying about the cumbersome batch processing procedures.

Our emphasis on health will continue. Policies and the market drive changes in the demand of the pharmaceutical industry, testing the flexibility of the supply of pharmaceutical circulation. Changheng Intelligence applies its own high-tech to pharmaceutical logistics solutions, bringing flexibility to pharmaceutical enterprises and ensuring that their supply chains gain significant and lasting competitive advantages.

Our  company name, address and telephone number

Guangdong Changheng Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. is an outstanding enterprise in China's automated logistics system integration. It is dedicated to logistics system planning and consultation, equipment design and manufacturing, and system integration, and provides overall system solutions in the logistics field.

Address：No. 6, Licheng 2nd Street, Xin 'an Community, Chang 'an Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

• Tel：+86 189 3821 5395
• Website：www.gdchim.com
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