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September 17, 2008

Slotting: The secret to optimized picking

Too many companies take a once-and-done approach to slotting. But done right, slotting can add years to the investment you’ve already made in your materials handling system.

Slotting: The secret to optimized picking
By Bob Trebilcock, Editor at Large
Modern Materials Handling, September 17, 2008

Warehouse and distribution center managers spend a lot of time looking for new processes and technologies to improve picking efficiency. The one they most often overlook is the one they might be staring at every time they look at their pick faces and storage locations: Slotting.

Put simply, slotting is the science behind determining where to store individual products in a facility to enable the most efficient picking. The general rule is that the fastest movers should be located closest to the shipping area and in the golden zone that is easiest to pick from within that picking locale. Slow movers, meanwhile, are located further away, in reserve storage.

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