PRESS RELEASE Cooper-Booth
Cooper-Booth Wholesale Company implements latest technology in Voice Direct Picking
Cooper-Booth Wholesale Company, a wholesale distributor servicing convenience stores, restaurants, and universities will increase productivity and accuracy rates in its distribution center in Mountville, PA after implementation of the speaker independent voice topSpeech-Lydia solution from top-VOX Corporation, based in Barrington, IL.
CBW is a full-line, full-service wholesale distributor serving customers in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Continually expanding, CBW is recognized as one of the Top 15 leading convenience store wholesalers in the country.
It is imperative that all orders are 100% correct and delivered on-time in the proper sequence. Because of those reasons, Cooper-Booth decided to implement the voice recognition system on the VOXter hardware from top-VOX.
The VOXter is a solid, portable dedicated PDA, operating on Microsoft Windows Mobile 2005 for Pocket PC. Contrary to other devices, the VOXter weighs less than 9 ounces and is a revolutionary solution to use in industrial environments.
According to Trevor Martin, Vice President of Operations: "The decision to select the voice recognition system from top-VOX was based on a variety of reasons, such as quality, performance, price and flexibility”. topSpeech Lydia seamlessly integrates with our WMS, and thanks to the speaker independent solution, operators can pick with voice within minutes. The hands-free, eyes-free operation will increase accuracy, efficiency and safety and users of the system specifically will appreciate the natural speech output versus the commonly used digitized solution."
A specific advantage for the top-VOX Speaker Independent System is that no training is required, so operators are up and running immediately which makes this the ideal system to use.
Cooper-Booth will also implement the use of the voice-direct system to other areas in their distribution center as well, e.g. in receiving, put-away and replenishment.
A market leader in the voice industry, top-VOX specializes in solutions for paperless picking and sorting. topSpeech-Lydia is widely used in warehousing, distribution and manufacturing facilities in Europe, South-America and the US.
