{"id":26,"date":"2010-01-06T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocitialliance.com\/smokepick"},"modified":"2023-01-04T15:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:26:20","slug":"smokepick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"SmokePick\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cPre-stamping\u201d cigarette inventory saves picking labor, but costs a fortune in terms of <strong>space<\/strong> and <strong>inventory carrying costs<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Post-stamping&#8221; saves all of the space and carrying costs, because there is only one, unstamped inventory. \u00a0But, it also makes the select-stamp-ship process very labor intensive. \u00a0<strong>Until SmokePick\u00ae, that is!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because SmokePick\u00ae achieves the <strong>labor productivity rate similar to a \u201cpre-stamp\u201d application <\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">AND<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong> an inventory cost that is similar to a \u201cpost-stamp\u201d application<\/strong>. In addition, SmokePick\u00ae delivers an <strong>accuracy rate that is superior<\/strong> to either \u201cpre-stamp\u201d or \u201cpost-stamp\u201d applications, exceeding 99.99% and typically 100%. If there is an error, the system will know exactly who made the error and when.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Historically, \u201cpre-stamp\u201d applications have required fewer stamping machines than \u201cpost-stamp\u201d applications because of the higher stamp rate at which \u201cpre-stamp\u201d applications achieve.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<strong>SmokePick\u00ae achieves an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">average<\/span> of more than 3000 cartons per hour<\/strong>. \u00a0Enough said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In summary, SmokePick\u00ae is the best-of-breed solution for lean distribution of cigarette products. Through the use of high-speed sortation, put-to-light technology, robust controls, and integration of all facets of the cigarette product life cycle, SmokePick\u00ae enables high product velocity and throughput with amazingly low labor requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Call 864-616-6457 for priority password access to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velocitialliance.com\/products\/smokepick\/videos\">view the product videos.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/?page_id=750\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPre-stamping\u201d cigarette inventory saves picking labor, but costs a fortune in terms of space and inventory carrying costs. &#8220;Post-stamping&#8221; saves all of the space and carrying costs, because there is only one, unstamped inventory. \u00a0But, it also makes the select-stamp-ship process very labor intensive. \u00a0Until SmokePick\u00ae, that is! Because SmokePick\u00ae achieves the labor productivity rate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/752"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocitialliance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}