Lucas Systems Debuts New Pallet-Building Technologies for Warehouses

Distribution center technology provider, Lucas Systems, has released a new Dynamic Pallet Builder technology which offers a dynamic and automated way for workers to build better pallets tailored to specific warehouse needs.

The new software solution – which sifts through a myriad of requirements and data points – makes thousands of calculations per minute, according to the company, looking across relevant warehouse operations to determine the appropriate trade-offs needed to optimally pick, group, sequence and stack items on one or more pallets at a time. Pallet-building recommendations consider a wide variety of variables including product size, weight, stacking rules, shipping regulations, worker travel distance, safety, route order, order priorities and more.

The software solution is also highly configurable, according to the company, aligning with a warehouse’s specific operations and priorities. Additionally, the software solution dynamically recomputes optimal pallet builds in response to orders continually flowing into the warehouse.

“It’s constantly and dynamically optimizing throughout the day,” said Lucas Systems CMO Ken Ramoutar in a news release.

Lucas Systems customer, Veritable Vegetable, uses Dynamic Pallet Builder to better optimize its delivery routes, according to the company. The California-based organic produce distribution company uses a two-part voice-directed picking process to split its pallets. In doing so, its pallet-building logic is tailored to precisely match its trucks and delivery operations.

“This personalized approach provides optimal efficiencies for us, and it also gives our customers more flexibility when placing orders. Both are extremely important,” said Veritable Vegetable owner and CEO Mary Jane Evans in the release.

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