Considerations in order picking zone configuration
Considerations in order picking zone configuration
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DOI：
10.1108/01443570210433553
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发表时间：
2002-07
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Charles G. Petersen
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作者：
Charles G. Petersen
在当今竞争激烈的全球经济中，重点是以更低的总成本更快地交付更频繁的小额库存订单。这通常排除了在仓库中使用完整托盘拣选的可能性，因此公司通常使用人工挑选箱子和破碎的箱子。许多公司通过使用区域拣选来提高仓库的效率。分区拣货要求工人只挑选存储在其拣货区内的库存单位(SKU)。在本文中，我们通过模拟一个货架仓库来衡量拣货员的行程，从而检验了这些拣货区的结构或形状，其中SKU被分配了存储位置，无论是随机存储还是基于容量的存储。结果表明，拣货区的大小或存储容量、拣货单上物品的数量以及存储策略对拣货区的配置有显著影响。此外，我们还发现，后交叉通道的缺失也影响了采摘区的配置。这些结果为寻求在配送中心运营中实施改进的经理提供了解决方案。
In today’s competitive global economy, the focus is on faster delivery of small more frequent orders of inventory at a lower total cost. This often precludes the use of full pallet picking in warehouses so firms commonly use manual picking of cases and broken‐cases. Many firms increase the efficiency of their warehouses by using zone picking. Zone picking requires that a worker only pick those stock‐keeping units (SKUs) stored within their picking zone. In this paper we examine the configuration or shape of these picking zones by simulating a bin‐shelving warehouse to measure picker travel where SKUs are assigned storage locations either using random or volume‐based storage. The results show that the size or storage capacity of the zone, the number of items on the pick list, and the storage policy have a significant effect on picking zone configuration. In addition, we found that the absence of a back cross aisle also affected picking zone configuration. These results offer solutions to managers looking to implement improvements in distribution center operations.