Patent ID: 7077318

Claim:
A pick-to-light method comprising: scanning a barcode affixed to a manufacturing kit using a scanner associated with a mobile pick station; retrieving manufacturing kit specification data via said scanning, said specification data including at least one of type, quantity, and location of parts; processing said specification data at said mobile pick station to generate a map of said manufacturing kit from said specification data, said map indicating placement of said parts within said manufacturing kit for guiding replenishment of said manufacturing kit; displaying said map at said mobile pick station; communicating said specification data to a system controlling illumination of multiple pick lights; illuminating at least one of said multiple pick lights on a first one of said shelving structures to visually identify the location of said parts; scanning a pick face barcode on a pick face at said identified location of said parts to verify pick-face location; replenishing said parts into said kit according to said kit specifications displayed on said map; and transporting said mobile pick station to a second one of said shelving structures.