It should be noted that the developed concept for improving the picking process in an existing warehouse will serve as guidelines for developing a detailed technological design, which will specify: lists of picking operations, their execution locations, machines and equipment used to perform these activities, productivity and efficiency of picking operations, the control and management system for executing picking operations along with the infrastructure elements of this system (computer network, software, readers, monitors, scanners, terminals, etc.), the number and qualifications of warehouse staff performing the picking process, as well as indicators and economic effects of the adopted solution.
Moving goods in picking processes Picking as part of the technological warehouse process is carried out in two integrally linked processes:
Single-stage and multi-stage picking
Due to the location where picking activities are performed, there are two basic types of picking:
From the storage component of the warehouse (in the 1st stage of picking), full load units and collective packaging with the quantities of assortments necessary to fulfill all picking orders executed in this process will be retrieved in accordance with internal orders. After transporting all assortments involved in this picking process from the storage zone to the picking zone, picking orders for the 2nd stage of picking are prepared, which will be executed at picking stations. This method of picking is significantly more efficient than the single-stage method, but it requires appropriate organizational and technical preparation (see Fig. 2, Logistyka 1/2006, p. 36). Moving goods in picking processes – “man-to-goods” principle The method of moving goods in picking processes is carried out according to two general principles [2]:
1. “man-to-goods” – the employee walks or rides to the storage location or goods preparation area and performs picking activities according to the quantity and type of assortment found in the picking order (see Fig. 1, Logistyka 1/2006 p. 36),
2. “goods-to-man” – according to which appropriate assortments of goods are retrieved from the storage location or preparation area and moved to picking stations in the picking zone (see Fig. 3, Logistyka 1/2006 p. 36).
According to Principle 1, the movement of goods when performing picking activities can be carried out according to the following systems:
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” no. 2/2006.