Picking method in Location order into tote

Currently we are having to pick orders one at a time using the “standard” picking method.

This is not very efficient because we may need to pick item A from one end of an aisle, then walk to the other end to pick item Z.

If we have 20 orders this is not a very efficient way of picking.

What we need is a picking method where we pick by item/location rather than by order.

For example, we have a batch of 10 orders requiring the items shown in the following table.

The ideal picking process would be something like this:

• Starting from location 1 pick item A and allocate to first order which requires it ( order 1001 ).

• The item is scanned and placed in the correct tote by scanning the tote/order barcode with the handset.

• Pick item A again for the next order that requires it and so on until all orders that need it have item A. This mean the picker stays in the same warehouse area to pick one item for multiple orders.

• Handset would then move on to the next item in the next nearest location.

For example the handset will direct us to location 3 to pick item C for orders 1002, 1004, 1008, 1009 and 1010.

• The handset will continue until location 20 ( item T ), the final item by location where once picked for all orders the batch picking is complete.