Automatic freight calculation in a Japanese warehouse

Abstract

Over the past ten years about 200 computer‐controlled automatic sorting machines have been installed in Japan. The system described in this article, in use in a retail distribution centre, incorporates automatic ultrasonic volume measurement for calculation of freight charges, voice input, laser scanning and other sensing aids. Part of the system was described in this magazine in January 1981 — this article brings the story up to date.

Citation

Suzuki, J. (1984), "Automatic freight calculation in a Japanese warehouse", Sensor Review, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 129-132. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb007639