2019 has passed, and the people of China are about to welcome the grandest festival in China — the Spring Festival. As a traditional Chinese festival, the Spring Festival has always been associated with the custom of buying New Year's goods. With pre-holiday sales, stocking up on some New Year's goods on e-commerce platforms is a good choice. This custom has now expanded beyond traditional New Year's goods; daily necessities, electronic products, and other items have gradually become part of people's " New Year's goods . "
This pre-Lunar New Year sales surge will undoubtedly be a huge test for the logistics industry. With the surge in retail orders and customers' increasing demands for delivery efficiency, retail operators are handling more and more orders to sort and deliver daily. Reliable barcode reading solutions are becoming increasingly important in helping retail operators avoid shipping errors caused by barcode misreading, improving sorting efficiency and throughput, and reducing maintenance costs. Cognex's retail delivery solution, boasting "three major advantages and solving six major challenges, " stands out from this competition.
3 major advantages
Cognex barcode readers can read 1D and 2D barcodes at high speeds, including damaged, misaligned, or distorted codes, achieving extremely high read rates.
However, Cognex's image-based systems can collect and classify images for operations managers to analyze and reference, providing the information needed to improve logistics processes. Traditional laser scanning systems, on the other hand, cannot detect label problems or provide real-time performance data.
Cognex barcode readers have no easily worn moving parts, unlike laser scanners with oscillating or rotating prisms, resulting in a long product lifespan and virtually no maintenance costs.
This is why many advanced product manufacturers and retail operators use Cognex barcode readers to ensure product sorting, picking, packaging, and shipping operations meet their operational requirements.
Problem 1
Volume measurement – manual measurement is plagued by unacceptable factors such as low accuracy, latency, and inefficiency. Current automated volume measurement systems offer a variety of measurements that can help estimate shipping costs, optimize storage space, identify packaging defects, and prevent lost revenue, but they may also have potential problems such as being bulky, expensive, slow in processing data, and difficult to set up.
Solution
Cognex's latest 3D-A1000 volumetric measurement system is a compact 3D + 2D smart camera capable of high-speed, accurate dimensional measurement . This powerful and easy-to-use system provides accurate data without any complex setup or maintenance. Furthermore, the 3D-A1000 achieves a dimensional measurement accuracy of <5mm and can handle items with various surface materials, providing stable dimensional data.
Problem 2
Inbound Sorting – With the rapid development of e-commerce operations, on the one hand, the volume of goods is increasing, and on the other hand, small orders containing only a few items are becoming more common. This poses new requirements for businesses, which must complete sorting quickly. To ensure the smooth receipt and sorting of goods in the warehouse, e-commerce companies must seamlessly manage suppliers, shipping processes, and individual items.
Solution
Unlike laser scanners, image barcode readers offer both speed and accuracy in code reading, ensuring proper sorting and storage of all packages. At the inbound sorting location, high read rates reduce labor costs and maximize productivity.
Problem 3
Outbound sorting — whether delivering packaged items to a consumer's doorstep or shipping to a physical store, e-commerce orders require scanning systems capable of handling various changes. All packages must move through an outbound scanner before being sorted and sent to different locations. As order volumes increase, the limitations of traditional laser scanners can lead to bottlenecks in the outbound sorting stage, resulting in reduced sorting efficiency and shipping delays.
Solution
Cognex image readers combine speed and accuracy to meet the needs of e-commerce operations, ensuring proper sorting and timely delivery of packages.
