Advancements in the latest generation of robotic-based goods-to-person, known in the industry as GTP and G2P technologies, have lowered the cost and made the technology suitable for all sizes of warehouse order fulfillment operations.
The latest generation of robotic G2P technologies offers cost-effective and scalable solutions, especially if the order profile consists of a large percentage of split case order volume.
Goods-to-person automation minimizes travel time and manual handling, allowing you to fulfill more orders with fewer workers.
By delivering inventory directly to operators, GTP systems enable pick rates of 250–350 lines per hour and significantly faster order processing.
Integrated validation technologies such as scanning, light-directed, or voice picking help ensure highly accurate order fulfillment.
Faster picking and streamlined workflows make it easier to meet tight shipping windows and rising customer expectations.
GTP systems remove the need for operators to travel the warehouse, increasing efficiency and reducing workplace risks.
Modular goods-to-person systems allow you to add robots, storage, and workstations without disrupting existing operations.
Automated storage systems optimize vertical and horizontal space, allowing you to store more inventory in the same footprint.
Dynamically manage order release, labor allocation, and system activity to keep fulfillment running at peak performance.
Reduce your warehouse footprint by storing more inventory in less floor space.
Goods-to-Person (GTP) defines a broad array of systems used to automate the storage and retrieval of a product. With this order-picking method, the technology moves, stores, and delivers products to the picker, eliminating walking and movement and increasing picking productivity to 250 to 350 picks per person.
Less walking, along with ergonomic presentation of the goods, achieves the industry’s highest picking productivity rates. In simple terms, products are moved directly to the picker, who then picks what is needed to fulfill the customer orders.
Today, there are hundreds of warehouse robotic technologies and options available to consider. It takes a knowledgeable partner and a design-first approach to analyze the customer’s mix of SKU sizes and velocity movement to determine which GTP solution is best suited for a specific warehouse operation.
If your product profile is found to be a good fit for a G2P system, the next step is to compare the pros and cons of the various Goods-to-Person (GTP) technologies to assess which solution is best for your mix of products, picking, and storage needs.
That’s why you need Numina Group. We’ll team up with your company to review, compare, and select the right blend of conveyors, AMRs, and G2P automation technologies to find the technology best suited to optimize your entire order fulfillment operations.
The driving force behind GTP solutions is RDS™ WES-WCS, Numina’s robust, modular warehouse execution and control software platform. RDS orchestrates lean, fast, low-labor warehouse practices, such as optimized order release. It is a flexible, scalable execution and real-time control platform that balances and synchronizes order flow and workers across the entire warehouse operation.
RDS WES-WCS is a proven software platform with hundreds of installations in B2B and B2C distribution center operations.
As a leading independent warehouse automation designer, software developer, and systems integrator, Numina Group brings more than four decades of implementation experience to every client’s project.
Our design and engineering team works collaboratively with your team, starting with the initial site review and process assessment. We analyze your warehouse operations data to evaluate and recommend the right blend of automation. We believe in a data-driven design that considers all of the available technologies before we perform the selection, integration, and implementation.
During the design study, we’ll compare the various G2P systems’ capabilities and contrast them to alternative types of warehouse automation to ensure they are the best match to your current needs and to your 5-year growth plan. We’ll determine the best mix of material handling automation technologies to improve picking and shipping to complement your GTP and magnify the performance of your solution.
Intelligent industrial robots and cobots in a wide range of versions with various payload capacities and reaches, also including the appropriate robot peripheral equipment.
AMRs and next–generation goods–to–person robotic–based systems for a wide variety of SKU sizes, providing storage and picking flexibility to adapt and easily scale to future business growth and changes.
Numina Group provides expert warehouse design, engineering, systems selection, and implementation services for greenfield and existing distribution centers.
Talk to one of our warehouse automation experts to learn how Numina works with customers in a collaborative manner to define process improvements and select the right blend of AMRs, G2P technologies, and other automation to drive the highest productivity at your operation.
Warehouse robots such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) streamline and automate batch cart order movement, reducing manual labor requirements and increasing worker productivity by eliminating non-valued walking and pushing heavy carts throughout the DC. When combined with latest-generation pick-by-voice systems, the efficiency gains are multifold.
Goods-to-person (GTP), also called G2P, is a warehouse automation method where robots or automated systems deliver inventory directly to a stationary operator for picking. This eliminates walking and significantly increases picking efficiency.
GTP systems reduce non-productive travel time by bringing products to the worker. This allows operators to focus only on picking, increasing throughput to 250–350 lines per hour while reducing fatigue and improving consistency.
G2P solutions are ideal for eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution, wholesale operations, and any high-volume environment with a large number of SKUs or split-case picking requirements.
Traditional picking requires workers to travel throughout the warehouse to locate items. GTP systems reverse this process by automatically delivering inventory to the picker, improving speed, accuracy, and labor efficiency.
GTP systems can achieve order accuracy rates of up to 99.9% when combined with technologies such as barcode scanning, pick-to-light, or voice-directed picking.
RDS™ WES-WCS is Numina Group’s warehouse execution and control platform that orchestrates GTP operations in real time. It manages order release, balances workloads, and synchronizes people, robots, and automation systems to maximize throughput.
Numina Group uses a design-first, data-driven approach to evaluate your SKU mix, order profiles, and growth projections. This ensures the selected GTP solution aligns with your operational goals and long-term scalability needs.
Numina Group integrates a wide range of robotics technologies, including AMRs, robotic picking systems, and goods-to-person storage solutions from leading providers such as KUKA and Geek+, tailored to your application.
Yes. GTP solutions can be deployed in both new and existing facilities. Numina Group designs systems that integrate with your current layout while minimizing disruption during implementation.
GTP systems are highly scalable. Additional robots, workstations, and storage modules can be added as order volumes grow, allowing your operation to expand without a complete system redesign.
Yes. Our GTP solutions operate alongside AMRs, conveyors, sortation systems, and voice picking technologies. When integrated through RDS WES-WCS, these systems work together to optimize overall warehouse performance.
Implementation timelines vary based on system complexity, facility size, and integration requirements. Most projects include phases for design, engineering, testing, and deployment to ensure a smooth rollout.
Still relying on labor-intensive picking methods? Numina Group’s goods-to-person solutions combine advanced robotics, intelligent RDS™ WES-WCS software, and proven system integration expertise to help you dramatically increase pick rates, reduce labor costs, and streamline high-volume fulfillment.
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