The ProStore® forklift control system
ProStore®'s forklift control system (FCS) supports the use of warehouse vehicles such as forklifts or mobile picking trolleys to ensure the optimum control of vehicles and routes. The FCS makes an important contribution to fast, accurate order processing and helps optimize vehicle capacity utilization.
ProStore® optimizes transport jobs. At order generation, the system can e.g. look out for duplicate jobs/procedures in order to optimise routes, while observing the assignment of orders to specific areas.
Communication between the central ProStore® system and the vehicle terminals takes place online so that every posting and material movement in ProStore® is directly available. User guidance is menu-driven. Plausibility checks make entries safe and reliable. In ProStore®, active transport jobs are monitored either on an area- or job-related basis.
If required, it is possible to establish a transport control center.
By integrating Indyon's Track+Race system, the ProStore® FCS can provide a forklift positioning system in real-time.
Overview of the ProStore® FCS functions:
- Transfer of transport requirements from processes in which new movements are generated
- Assignment of terminals to vehicles or pickers
- Assignment of vehicles or pickers to work areas
- Generation of transport jobs, taking account of criteria such as route optimization, generation of duplicates, minimization of empty runs, avoidance of waiting periods, etc.
- Monitoring of transport runs in terms of the evaluation of kilometers driven and goods moved
- Forklift positioning system in real-time, e.g. for process optimization in block storage areas
