Slotting Warehouse
Slotting Warehouse
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receive a number of brands and products may have to reslot several times
during a shift based on what trucks are
arriving at the dock and the products
that need to be shipped.
Their warehouses dont grow in
size just because theyre handling more
products, says Kozenski. The only way
to accommodate all of those products is
to reslot.
Regardless of how often a facility
reslots, slotting software is often integrated with a warehouse management
system and a labor management system
to get the most out of the tool.
The labor management system can
calculate the cost of the labor associated with the slotting plan based on the
labor standards used for that facility.
That process provides for an accurate
cost/benefit analysis before deciding
whether the gains from reslotting are
worth the effort.
If a warehouse accepts the slotting plan, the warehouse management system executes the plan by
interleaving the reslotting tasks with
other putaway, picking and replenishment tasks that have to be performed during a shift.
And by reslotting in a disciplined
way, it becomes part of the routine.
The key is to treat reslotting like any
other task in the warehouse, says
Kozenski. Then it becomes another
system-directed task and the WMS will
only issue the work when it knows it
wont disrupt picking. M
Companies mentioned in this article
intelligrated: www.intelligrated.com
Manhattan associates: www.manh.com
redPrairie: www.redprairie.com
si systems: www.siingenuity.com
tZa Consulting: www.tzaconsulting.com
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