Summary: Warehouse Distribution Science

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  • 8 Layout of a piece-pick-from-carton area

  • What is the most labor intensive activity in a warehouse?

    Piecepicking
  • 8.1 What is a fast-pick area?

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  • What is a more detailed layout of the warehouse called?

    Slotting
  • Where does the cost of restocking depends on?

    • Number of times of restocking
    • Number of storage unites to be replenished
    • When restocking occurs
  • What are the two assumptions of the fluid model?

    • Pick quantity never exceeds the full allocation of a SKU
    • If a restock is triggered for a SKU, the entered restock quantity for a SKU can be carried in one trip.
  • 8.3.1 Minimizing labor to maintain a forward pick area

  • What is the goal of allocating space among n SKUs

    To minimize annual restocks
  • How to calculate the volume of each SKU in the forward pick area in such a way to minimize labor?

    Vi = sqrt(fi)/sum(j, sqrt(fj))
  • 8.3.2 Two commonly-used storage strategies

  • What two storage policys are there?

    • Every SKU the same amount of space
    • Equal time to supply each SKU
  • What does the equal space allocations policy ignores?

    All differences in SKU popularity and size
  • What is folk wisdom but is actually wrong

    Equal time allocations reduces restocks
  • Which policy, equal time or equal space, require more restocks

    Both policies require the same amount of restocks
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