SubscribeThe ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M mobile workstation can be used in “fly-in warehouse efficiency audit operations” for multiple warehouses, green field warehouse operations for new facilities, warehouse turnarounds in concert with a new WMS system, or occasional use when new products and boxes must be sized and weighed. Our technology can be a driving force to enable accounting, warehouse, shipping and receiving operations to perform periodic audits and facility optimisation programs.
Last year, when the rules for dimensional weight and shipping charges were changed by all the major couriers, we were asked to help them explain the dimensional weight concept and our simple desktop static solution. With the increase in the cost of transportation and the general slowdown in the economy, we are being asked about how to optimise warehouses for better slotting for warehouse optimisation and cost control beyond the DIM weight chargebacks.
Savvy logistics and warehouse operation managers, management accountants, and senior management are now using Featherweight Gold™-M, a mobile cubing, weighing and slotting workstation to optimise their warehouse operations as part of their periodic warehouse audit process.
Warehouse optimisation from a DIM perspective can be an inaccurate, tedious and labor-intensive task. Moving up and down row after row to check boxes for DIM weight has to this point been an impossibility. It is often skipped. Our mobile device clears this roadblock.
The mobile requirement of warehouse auditing is uniquely suited to the ExpressCube core technology, which uses no lasers or moving parts. Dust and motion inherent to warehouse environments pose no challenge for ExpressCube. The device is simple to use, which minimises the learning curve and encourages audit teams to adopt the device easily and rapidly.
Technically, the ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M is a mobile warehouse turnkey solution that incorporates its laser-free, robust and easy-to-operate ExpressCube 250. It is mounted on a sturdy workstation cart with a rechargeable battery power source that can operate for 12 hours. The ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M mobile workstation has three parts and can be assembled in less than 30 minutes. It is easy to transport.
The audit team can capture accurate data at the point of origin, providing a faster and more accurate inventory audit report. The ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M mobile warehouse turnkey solution can interface real time with most WMS systems.
The ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M mobile workstation is used for populating WMS systems on inbound cartons and master cartons, or for random weighing/dimensioning of palletised boxes expected to be the same weight and dimensions. It is perfect for slotting and creating entries for expected weights and dimensions for outbound orders to verify against.
Warehouses that handle the following products can benefit most from the ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M and the Featherweight Gold™ Warehouse Efficiency Audit.
ExpressCube has assembled a relevant set of Featherweight Gold™ benchmarks for companies performing Warehouse Efficiency Audits with the ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-M. Tied to courier rates from major couriers and other relevant metrics, this tool, currently delivered in an online web resource (also available in a spreadsheet), can help you save thousands of dollars, optimise storage warehouse space through efficient cubing, reduce labor costs, and reduce shipping costs though efficient transport cubing. This resource has been made exclusively available to ExpressCube customers.
The ExpressCube Featherweight Gold-M mobile workstation has three parts and can be assembled in less than 30 minutes:
1. The core of the ExpressCube Featherweight Gold-M mobile workstation is the ExpressCube 250. The EC-250 is a countertop dimensioning and weighing unit. This unit measures rectangular boxes with dimensions contained within a 24" x 24" x 36" measuring grid (12 ft. cube) and weight up to 70 lb. This larger capacity makes the EC-250 ideal for WMS uploads for slotting and expected cubes/weights population.
2. The ExpressCart is designed for the EC-150 and EC-250 units. The cart is 26 1/2" wide x 32" deep x 31" high. It is shipped and stored in a compact box (27" x 34" x 7.5"). It features a swiveling laptop stand; customised footpads to firmly secure the EC250; large bumpered wheels for easy maneuvering (2 wheels are lockable); handy pullout drawer; and a lower storage tray for the power units and other storage.
3. The Express Power Unit has an extra-large built-in battery permitting 12 hours of operation. It has a sleek compact design with a digital display that shows power draw and battery status. The Express Power Unit can function as an incremental power bar. It features a backup transfer switch to ensure power connection when operating as a back-up system
The ExpressCube Featherweight Gold-M mobile workstation is used for populating WMS systems on inbound cartons and master cartons, or for random weighing/dimensioning of palletised boxes expected to be the same weight and dimensions. It is perfect for slotting and creating entries for expected weights and dimensions for outbound orders to verify against.
For more information on the ExpressCube Featherweight Gold™-Mobile Warehouse Efficiency Audit, please contact us at www.expresscube.com, 1-877-428-2348 or xproducts@expresscube.com. Distributor enquiries are welcome.