Method and apparatus for building palleted goods

A method for building palleted goods, comprising:

• placing and holding a pallet at a-build positions of a conveyors;
• stacking goods on the pallet at the build position;
• releasing the pallet from the build position with the stacked goods thereon;
• conveying the pallet on the conveyor with the stacked goods thereon to a pick position;
• picking the pallet with the stacked goods thereon from the pick position;
• wherein a plurality of conveyor lanes is located on at least one side of an aisle, the conveyor lanes including forward lanes and at least two reverse lanes, each reverse lane comprising one of said conveyors, and further comprising:
• transporting stock goods toward the aisle in the forward lanes to stock grab positions;
• selecting stock goods from the stock grab positions to use for said stacking to form the stacked goods on the pallet while in the build position;
• transporting the stacked goods away from the aisle toward the pick position;
• operating a lift vehicle in the aisle to select and move goods from the forward lanes to the reverse lanes;
• and
• remotely controlling from the lift vehicle said releasing on the at least two reverse lanes with a remote controller;
• and
• enabling the remote controller for only one of the reverse lanes at a time depending upon relative proximity of the remote controller to the respective reverse lanes, whereby the releasing is only done on one of the reverse lanes at a time to avoid inadvertent release on a different one of the reverse lanes.