Sparrow's Solution
- A Sparrow QR Code marker indicating the Job Site Entrance is affixed to the wall near the
unique worker entrance/exit door.
- Each rack shelf within the warehouse storage space is affixed with a Sparrow Station QR Code
to indicate that unique rack shelf location.
- As pallets are unloaded, each pallet is affixed with a unique Sparrow Item QR Code marker
encoded with the serial number of the items on that pallet and the receiving order identification
code.
- As pallets are stored, the unique rack shelf location is scanned by the lift driver followed by
the pallet’s unique Sparrow Item QR Code marker.
- When workers start their shift, they clock in by scanning the Sparrow Job Site QR Code marker
nearest to where they enter. When workers leave, they clock out by scanning the Sparrow Job Site
QR Code marker nearest to where they exit.
- Whenever any worker comes into contact with a pallet, the pallet is scanned by the worker and
the operation that the worker is performing is selected on the scanner’s interface (unload,
store, relocate, reload).
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ROI & Benefits
- Each scan of a Sparrow QR Code marker is logged in real-time. When workers’ scan in at the
start of their shift, Sparrow records which door the worker entered through and provides the
worker with specific job duty and report to instructions. When they scan out at the end of their
shift, their time attendance for their shift is available to the payroll department, making time
keeping more accurate and more efficient.
- As pallets of items are unloaded and registered with Sparrow, they are affixed with a Sparrow
Item QR Code marker and scanned by the lift driver. When the lift driver places the pallet
anywhere, they scan the location marker for the location and Sparrow links the pallet to the
location. Management and operations staff are provided with an up-to-the-minute searchable and
sortable report about where every pallet is located.
- As outbound orders are generated, a pick list of locations for each item is presented to the
lift driver. The location list is sorted by the location of the “oldest” pallet first and the
“newest” last. Lift drivers picking the “oldest” pallets to load, over time, minimizes the
storage time of the items and helps to prevent spoilage. Because the location of each pallet
is known, the time required to “find” an item is decreased and throughput of the overall process
is more efficient.
- All the information that Sparrow logs is exportable. Filtering by shift, by worker, by item,
by date range allows management to perform analytics on their process and determine where it can
be improved and where efficiencies are maximized.
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