Order Picking Methodology
Warehouse Management is a key factor in Supply chain management, hence let's understand few aspects of warehouse management. Order assignemnt policy is the most importatnt aspect in warehouse management because order picking is the costliest operation in inventory management. Order Picking- Retreiving products from storage area for shipping them in a different unit size. Labour intensive 55% of warehouse operating cost It should be accurate Direct influence on the delivery time Types of picking- Pallet picking case/box picking piece picking Picking Method Low Level Picking High Level Picking Station Picking There are four different Order Assignment Policies- 1) Strict Picking (Descrete Picking) 2) Batch Picking (Line Picking) 3) Zone Picking 4) Wave Picking 1) Strict Picking It is a strategy in which a picker completes only one order at a time. We will aplly this picking as the order sizes we assume to be relatively large. Advantages- Order integrity is maintained A co...