Tray Sorter

Tray Sorter
what is the name of that plastic change sorter that is advertised on TV?

It’s made out of plastic, and it has colourful trays where all of the money sits. You shake it, and the coins sort themselves. They say “I’d like you to see that again…” in the infomercial.

That’s the Sort N’ Bank. Staples/Business Depot sells them; you can see a review (with a link to that infamous infomercial) here: http://thewsreviews.blogspot.com/2008/07/sort-n-bank-coin-sorter.html

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Reverse logistics: how to improve efficiency and reduce costs

Reverse logistics refers to the management of product returns. Like dealing with unhappy customers and counting material, is part of the online retail business.

Online shoppers products in exchange for a variety of reasons. The products can be broken or damaged, not as expected or of insufficient quality. Orders may be late, incorrect or incomplete. Sometimes customers to the wrong product or just decide they do not want.

Although returns represent a large proportion of online sales in many industries, companies for fear of bad publicity are reluctant to talk about them. As a result, reverse logistics, with little discussion. However, it can have huge implications for the proper and efficient operation of a business.

Key components of reverse logistics

There are a number of key components of effective reverse logistics. To keep customers happy, online shops (known as e-retailers) should have a good return policy in place, and shipments exchange goods or issue credit notes or refunds quickly and efficiently. According to the investigation, eighty-nine percent of buyers said online return policies influence their decision to purchase an e-retailer.

It is also important to minimize the cost of logistics Conversely for a company. One way is to manage the retention or disposal of returned products. This is known as asset recovery.

Recovery asset

E-retailers instead returned products in categories of action to recover the costs. These usually include:

1. Replenishment – Unopened products may be back in stock

2. Package for sale – opened in products "as new" condition suitable for repackaging and resale

3. Repair / refurbishment for sale – suitable for defective products repair and resale at a lower cost

4. The supplier – Return items to be returned to original vendor or manufacturer of credit or exchange

5. Scrap – products with little or no recovery valley

The challenges of recovery assets include classification of items in these categories, update inventory in real time, and record customer returns. Doing these tasks manually is slow and inefficient, which is bleeding money. This is unacceptable, especially in the current economic climate.

Automated classification parcel

Automated classification systems, which many e-retailers and used to optimize the order fulfillment and delivery, help to solve the problems of asset recovery. They speed up the sorting and processing of returned goods, and include software that automatically updates inventories.

The benefits include greater efficiency, reduced costs and the ability to track packages. Automated classification systems are ideal for any company that has a return policy.

Classification systems for asset recovery – an example

In classifier induction points, traders Returned Product exploration, inspection or test them to determine the value of asset recovery, and determine appropriate action categories. The elements are placed on trays or conveyor sorter manually or by automatic feeders.

A artificial vision system mounted above the product label identifies and instructs the classifier to send items to specific destinations for further processing. Destinations include facilities for all categories, including areas and sites repackaging of waste collection.

Identifying labels Package

Automated sorting systems use one of two types of technology used to identify the labels of packages: scanners laser and traditional systems based on machine vision camera. The lasers are based on bar codes, and have been used to explore the plots for more than thirty years.

Camera-based systems use the approach automatic scanning line, high speed cameras to capture high-resolution photographic images of parcel labels. The system uses sophisticated software algorithms and optical character recognition (OCR) techniques to interpret those images.

Users can configure systems with multiple camera units shooting up to six sides of the same plot. This means that the label can be in any position on these faces.

The benefits of camera systems

Read rates are vital to the efficient operation of an automatic classification system. When connected to a system video-coding, a facility that allows operators to input unreadable labels manually, camera to achieve read rates approaching 100% speed.

OCR technology allows the camera system to read text, supplier numbers, human and even address written information, as well as bar codes and 2D codes. The cameras also identify dirty, marked or damaged codes, and code behind packaging of reflection.

Camera systems contain few moving parts and require little maintenance. This makes them strong and durable – ideal for storage or other industrial environments. Long lifetime of service that are profitable in the long term.

Conclusion

In reverse logistics, automated sorting systems quickly separate the elements of asset recovery and sent for further processing. Reduce costs and avoid clogging loading bays with thousands, sometimes even millions of pounds of returned merchandise.

Automated classification systems are highly beneficial, the solution cost effective for e-retailers under pressure to cut budgets and comply with efficiency, productivity, performance and goals.

About the Author

Malcolm Smith is the UK Sales Manager at Vitronic. Vitronic is a leading supplier of machine vision systems. A global company, it provides advanced technological solutions to a broad range of markets, such as logistics, traffic control, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and industrial robotics.

For more information visit http://www.vitronic.com

For more information visit: http://www.vitronic.com