UK materials handling supplier SMH Ltd has worked with a customer and a manufacturer to develop a one-off, low-level order picker.
SMH was approached last year by a major electrical retailer which needed a low-level order picker that could safely transport two people and as many items as possible.
After working with several prototypes, SMH approached OMG, the Italian manufacturer of warehousing equipment, with a design and an outline of the requirement. The result was a low-level order picker with three tonnes capacity, capable of transporting two people and 20 washing machines (pictured).
"We have now road-tested the truck at three of our customer's main locations and it has gone down a storm," said Bob Harrison, SMH major accounts manager. "In fact, at one location they recorded an efficiency increase of 30%."