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spaces, drives the transtacker to that location, and manually
transfers one box at a time from the transtacker onto the empty
rack shelf. The operator then uses a hand-held scanner to scan
the bar code on the box and the bar code at the rack location
where the box is being stored. This information is recorded in a
computer so the location of the box and the merchandise therein
is recorded and available for later retrieval.
When the merchandise stored in the Reserve Facility is
needed in the picking and shipping area, it is retrieved from the
racks by the transtacker operators and distributed to other areas
of the distribution center. To accomplish this, a transtacker
operator is given a list of boxes of merchandise to be removed
from the Reserve Facility and their locations on the shelves.
The transtacker operator drives the transtacker to each box's
location, manually retrieves the box of merchandise from the
shelf, and places the box on a pallet located on the transtacker
platform. When the operator has retrieved the designated boxes,
the operator drives the transtacker to the Reserve Facility's
mezzanine where the pallet holding the retrieved boxes is
transferred onto one of the "unloading" conveyors located at the
end of every other rack aisle. A forklift operator then
retrieves the pallet of boxes from the "unloading" conveyors and
transports the pallet to one of the distribution center's
shipping buildings.
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