Cloud-Based Warehouse Management Software
Effective Pick Techniques in a warehouse
E-Commerce Customer
For an E-commerce business, once an order is placed by a customer, the system has to check for the nearest warehouses where the specific items are available.
Order
E-Commerce Customer
E-Commerce Company
Order
For an E-commerce business, once an order is placed by a customer, the system has to check for the nearest warehouses where the specific items are available. Warehouse 2
Warehouse 4
Warehouse 3
E-Commerce Customer
Warehouse 1
E-Commerce Company
Order
Warehouse 2
Warehouse 4
Available
Available
Warehouse 3 Available E-Commerce Customer
E-Commerce Company
Warehouse 1 Not Available
And, once they are listed, the next thing is to calculate the distance between each warehouses, and thereby prepare the best route for the easy and quick delivery of the order.
Order
35 kms Warehouse 2 Available
Warehouse 4 5kms
Available
12kms
Warehouse 3 Available
E-Commerce Customer
E-Commerce Company
Warehouse 1 Not Available
And, once they are listed, the next thing is to calculate the distance between each warehouses, and thereby prepare the best route for the easy and quick delivery of the order.
Order
Warehouse 2 Available
Warehouse 4 5kms
Available
Warehouse 3 Available E-Commerce Customer
E-Commerce Company
Warehouse 1 Not Available
This is the optimum method to pick the right warehouse among many warehouses The next aspect is very important as how to make an effective pick from one specific warehouse by considering minimum time and effort
Order
The system must check how the required items are being placed within the warehouse to plan the pick
Once the locations are identified, the next thing is to plan the type of picking There are mainly 3 types to pick the inventories in a warehouse 1. One-sided Picking 2. Two-sided Picking 3. Optimal Path Picking
1. One-sided Picking The order picker visits the locations on one side of the aisle and then returns to visit the locations on the other side. This is effective when aisles are reasonably wide or when the picker has to visit at least 50% of the locations in that aisle.
2. Two-sided Picking The order picker traverses the aisle only once and picks from both the sides at one pass. This could be more effective and time saving. This will even reduce the effort of travel significantly. This is referred to as snake path or S-shape picking.
3. Optimal Path Picking This rigid sequence of locations does not, necessarily, lead to the shortest pick path. The ideal scenario is for the WMS system to fully optimize the pick sequence however, very few WMS cab be able to do this. This rigid sequence of locations does not, necessarily, lead to the shortest pick path. The ideal scenario is for the WMS system to fully optimize the pick sequence however, very few WMS cab be able to do this.
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