Warehouse Controls System (WCS)

Reddwerks Planning, Accumulation, and Sortation System

Don't get locked into a bundled control system. The Reddwerks Planning, Accumulation, and Sortation System (PASS) delivers a robust, feature-packed control solution that scales quickly, modifies easily, and is hardware agnostic.

Many conveyor vendors offer their own proprietary controls system along with their equipment, forcing customers to purchase a bundled solution. Although these proprietary systems control the equipment that processes orders and route material flow through the warehouse, they lack the functions necessary to improve transparency and increase efficiency, accuracy, and speed.

Reddwerks provides the base handling while offering the needed additional functionality. PASS maintains the integrity of your loading sequence while balancing picking and loading workloads. Additionally, PASS offers advanced planning, quality assurance, and reporting functionalities—resulting in greater efficiency, more accurate order fulfillment, and increased inventory visibility—all in real time!

Our experts who design and execute our controls work have more than 90 years of experience in distribution systems with merges, high-speed sorters, combiners, and automated sortation/retrieval systems. We also have experience with the majority of the controls equipment vendors.

Controls Experience in Distribution and Manufacturing

Accumulation Management

To avoid introducing a bottleneck at a downstream sorter, many facilities implement accumulation conveyors such as presorters, merges, and combiners to help maintain high pick rates. PASS makes these conveyors unnecessary by maintaining a real-time view of picking and loading activities and using a powerful rules and cost engine to release product to the sorter.

Picking and Zoning

Each time an operator goes to a location within the warehouse, Reddwerks PASS directs the operator to pick, in wave order, the cases required for one or more orders for each truck being loaded in shipping. Additionally, PASS uses the demand of a wave, the physical layout of the pick modules, the warehouse's labor standards, and the throughput of all conveyor equipment to properly plan the necessary number of pick zones.

By maintaining wave integrity in picking as well as creating an optimized number of pick zones, PASS seamlessly feeds the conveyor equipment and accurately sequences product flow into the trucks, optimizing loading activities while saving time and money.

Sortation

It is essential that each product or order arrives at the correct bay. Reddwerks sortation validates each barcode, container, or pallet before loading into the truck and redirects invalid items that need to be rerouted. PASS also provides exception management, giving you the agility and flexibility you need to ensure accuracy. All QC actions and errors are digitally recorded so that facilities can quickly identify the types and causes of errors, allowing them to spot trends and mitigate future mistakes.

Integration

PASS interfaces with any Warehouse Management System or Conveyor Control Software, offering you the flexibility to enhance legacy systems and purchase the best solution for your needs.