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A sku that is highly picked in pallet size orders should be pick from which area?...

A sku that is highly picked in pallet size orders should be pick from which area? a) Forward Pick area b) Reserve Area

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Let us first understand the root of this situation. See the basic terminology below to get familiarize.

  • SKU - Stock keeping unit which contains the product of different variations, cost, color through a number assigned by the retailer for keeping track of inventory storage/management. It is in the form of a bar code and the specified number.
  • Pallet size - Pallet are boxes that contain SKU and it is used in inventory to store item/product. Their size may vary according to the size of SKU. Examples are cartoon boxes. etc
  • The forward pick area of a certain warehouse is a warehouse inside the warehouse where many of the most popular Stock keeping Units (SKUs) are stored therein small amounts, so picking order can be concentrated within a small area which reduces the unproductive/idle travel by order picker and also enables close supervision. The forward pick area is restored from a bulk storage or reserve area which elsewhere in the warehouse.
  • The Highly picked pallet order size of SKUs should be therefore picked form forward pick areas as it is inexpensive to pick from forward pick area and the space is particularly valuable. Also, it is near the shipping area so less labor cost is there
  • The Reserve area is the bulk storage area which is used to replenish the forward pick area. If we pick from the reserve area we had to bear the labor cost more and it is also an expensive and large number of equipment like trucks, conveys is used to pick frequently which can disturb the inventory storage system/management. Also, it is far from the forward pick area and the shipping area. Therefore we should not use the reserve area for this purpose.
  • Below is the figure which represents the flow of pallet size within the inventory /warehouse.
  • As our SKUs are highly picked therefore there are chances of mismanagement in inventory monitoring which can be done efficiently by using the forward pick area Pick Bulk Storage /reserve Forward Area pick area Restock Highly Picked Pallet Size I hope that you may now understand that what area we can use for SKUs and Inventory management and what are Forward and reserve pick area.
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