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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Kardex Produktion Deutschland Gmbh, Neuburg/Kammel, DE;
Emmanuel Harder, St. Leon-Rot, DE;
KARDEX PRODUKTION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Neuburg/Kammel, DE;
Abstract
A warehouse management system is provided for controlling a picking operation with at least one order picking trolley for storing items of a set of picking orders, at least one storage unit with storage areas for storing the items, and with at least one access station for accessing the items by an order picker. The order picking trolley and the access station are each provided with an eye-catching transmitter and at least one of the eye-catching transmitters has a display area () with a remotely switchable color. The warehouse management system is configured to automatically switch the color of the at least one remotely switchable eye-catching transmitter to the color of the other eye-catching transmitter when it has been detected that the item is positioned ready for access.