Hidden Costs of Warehousing — Travel Distance and Travel Time

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Sub-optimal location storage or slotting of products : Improper storage of material in the warehouse increases the number of pallet positions required to store the item and the operational efforts to put-away and pick the material.
: Improper storage of material in the warehouse increases the number of pallet positions required to store the item and the operational efforts to put-away and pick the material.
This method may work well in an operation with a low number of orders, and a high number of picks per order; however, using this method in a warehouse with a large number of smaller orders would lead to excessive travel time.
Even a typical WMS picking application might simplistically batch orders by grouping the first X orders in the work queue, without taking travel distance or other factors into account resulting in a higher travel distance and lower productivity.
This method may work well in an operation with a low number of orders, and a high number of picks per order; however, using this method in a warehouse with a large number of smaller orders would lead to excessive travel time.
Even a typical WMS picking application might simplistically batch orders by grouping the first X orders in the work queue, without taking travel distance or other factors into account resulting in a higher travel distance and lower productivity.
Paper based put-away and picking : If operator works according paper-based task list, at first forklift or MHE moves to computer station where all tasks lists are placed, then moves to certain storage location to take pallet according to the task list, at the end, delivers pallet to a pick location and then moves to the computer station to confirm the completed task

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