Author Archives: T.Groenewald

LogiMAT March 11–13, 2025: How to use our pick to light technology most efficiently. Check it out in Hall 1, Booth C81

10. January 2025

Our Pick-to-Light solutions offer you: Maximum efficiency: Reduce picking times with visual instructions directly on the shelf. Error-free picking: Minimize picking errors and increase customer satisfaction thanks to clear light signals. Easy integration: Our technology can be seamlessly integrated into existing systems and quickly implemented. What you can expect at our booth: Live demonstrations of […]

Pick to Light in assembly: how to increase productivity at manual workstations

5. November 2024

When it comes to manual assembly in industry, it is crucial to work precisely, quickly and accurately to ensure the quality and safety of the end product and to ensure that deadlines are met. A pick-to-light system at the assembly workstation can hereby provide efficient support. Each storage compartment has its own pick-by-light shelf display. […]

New SUBC2 controller for small pick-to-light systems

24. June 2024

With PTF-SUBC2, KBS Industrieelektronik offers an advanced, compact controller version specifically for small pick to light systems. As an interface between the compartment displays of a pick to light system and the control computer, SUBC2 can control up to 100 compartment displays. Ethernet, USB or RS232 are available for connection to the control computer. The […]

Automatic replenishment control with the E-Kanban system «SEKAN»

12. April 2024

Manual Kanban systems have the disadvantage that Kanban cards get lost or there are too many in circulation. This makes targeted inventory management difficult. With the SEKAN system from KBS, material replenishment processes can be digitized and inventory management optimized. A fill level sensor in the Kanban rack continuously monitors the container stock in the […]

KBS: eKanban system for automatic replenishment control

8. April 2024

With SEKAN, KBS Industrieelektronik GmbH has developed an E-Kanban system for automatic replenishment control at mounting and other workstations with flow channel racks. SEKAN is a special control module for E-Kanban applications that can be used to monitor material replenishment. As soon as a defined minimum number of containers is detected in the rack, a […]

LogiMAT March 19 – 21, 2024: Visit us in Hall 1, Booth C81

15. December 2023

Increase the productivity of manual picking processes at the “speed of light”! From digital compartment display with signal light to smart intervention sensors for picking monitoring and automatic acknowledgement through electronic fill level monitoring in E-Kanban systems, we will present innovative solutions for efficient goods picking and material provision.Test our solutions in Hall 1, booth […]

New Intervention Sensor *PTF-Sentinel*: Preventing incorrect picks

14. July 2022

Particularly in assembly preparation or parts provision, error-free picking is important before an incorrect workpiece is processed. The “PTF-Sentinel” monitoring sensor was developed for this purpose. It monitors a removal from or placement into a container and can immediately alert the employee acoustically or optically in the event of incorrect picking into the wrong compartment. […]

Interactive brochure: Four decades of pick-by-light development

2. February 2022

When innovations become industrial solutions In our interactive brochure, we take a look back at important milestones in our developments and show why we are the right partner for you as a pick-by-light specialist.   » press release

New Video: Customer-specific order picking with pick-by-light at Depesche logistics warehouse

27. January 2022

Here in the logistics warehouse in Geesthacht, on 23,000 m², Depesche distributes around 16,000 articles from greeting cards, gift articles, toys and school equipment to over 40 countries.  A pick-by-light system is used for order picking to ensure that more than a thousand customer-specific orders can be put together every day. This is the only […]

40 years of KBS: the pick-by-light expert from Breisgau celebrates anniversary

1. October 2021

KBS has been bringing light to order picking for 40 years The company, which started in 1981 as an engineering office for industrial automation and test systems, has today developed into one of Europe’s leading suppliers of paperless picking systems for intralogistics. The long history in the development of computer hardware and software formed the […]

New LED Pointer option leads the light into the bin

23. December 2020

Spot light for safe order picking: For even more safety during order picking, the company KBS Industrieelektronik GmbH has developed the new LED Pointer for additional compartment illumination. This provides a practical “point-to-pick” feature as an additional visual picking aid. With this new option, the correct removal or storage compartment is signaled even more clearly […]

New Video: Container illumination with LED Pointer

8. December 2020

For even more safety during order picking, the new LED pointer was developed for additional container illumination. The targeted illumination of the target compartments optimizes visibility and thus accelerates the removal or storage processes. » view video    » read article  

Seeing the light in product picking: Interview in European Business with KBS on pick-by-light

7. April 2020

Interview with Michael Weiser – KBS sales manager – published in European Business The following interview reports on how the company KBS Industrieelektronik GmbH developed from automation engineering of test systems to a specialist for pick-by-light systems for paperless picking with a pan-European reputation, about what makes the KBS specific system “PickTerm Flexible” so successful […]