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The Montana LCD is focused on educating stake-
holders on issues impacting the industry.
According to Stigen, the new system will work with the
warehouse's existing hand-held scanner system, which will re-
sult in a much lower implementation cost for the project than
if new scanners had to be purchased. In addition to the conve-
nience factor of voice-picking, the new system is expected to
improve production as well.
"We expect this new system to greatly improve our ability to
ship and receive orders, and it could help us be up to more than
10% more effi cient than we are today," Stigen says.
Additional benefi ts of voice-pick technology implementa-
tion include improved worker safety conditions of fork-lift and
picking operations, and enhanced productivity in picking oper-
ations by way of reduced need for data entry on the shop fl oor
and reduced time spent analyzing the display screen.
MELISSA NIKSIC is a freelance writer and marketing communications strat-
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