Employees use a hand held scanner to sort parts into various tubs for shipment.
Employees scan the tubs to feed the code into the scanners memory. After this information is recorded each item which has been removed from inventory is scanned. After the scanner has read the items bar code the information is transmitted and a light is activated above a particular tub to indicate which tub the item belongs in. After all sorting operations have been performed and all items are in shipping tubs they are placed in transport racks to be taken to the packing stations. The tubs and storage racks are again scanned to associate a particular tub with a particular rack so they can later be identified for boxing and shipping.