DB Schenker Successfully Implements Smart Pick-by-Vision Solutions for Warehouse Logistics

DB Schenker has successfully introduced Picavi’s smart glasses in order-picking operations, with the goal of implementing the smart picking solution as standard procedure across multiple locations. During a trial period, the smart picking application was thoroughly explored in Bremen and Rodgau, Germany, with the team in Rodgau combining the solution with intelligent scanning glove ProGlove, the company says.

Picavi uses Google Glasses to project required information into the user’s field of vision. This means warehouse workers have both hands available for their primary work of picking goods instead of holding a hand scanner and paper documents. The innovative, handsfree solution maximizes productivity while minimizing error rates.

ProGlove is an intelligent scanning glove which is activated by pressing a button on the glove, allowing employees to use both hands for picking and further increasing productivity. ProGlove is already in use at DB Schenker’s warehouse in Eching, near Munich. DB Schenker’s location in Bremen supplies contract logistics solutions for the automotive industry. The usage of Picavi glasses led to a measurable and direct increase in efficiency compared to the previously hand-held scanners. Employees praised their ergonomic advantages and ease-of-use.

The cooperation with Picavi is the latest project in digitalization and innovation, as DB Schenker works to create the warehouse of the future. Other recent examples include virtual reality training for forklift drivers and the implementation of exoskeletons to relieve warehouse employees of heavy loads.

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Eching

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Rodgau