TITLE:
A Decision Support System for Re-Slotting a Case Pick Distribution Center
AUTHORS:
Gerald R. Aase, Charles G. Petersen
KEYWORDS:
Distribution, Warehousing, Re-Slotting, Order Picking, Supply Chain, Stock Keeping Units (SKUs)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.10 No.4,
July
28,
2022
ABSTRACT: This
research presents a class-based re-slotting procedure that re-assigns
stock-keeping units (SKUs) in a warehouse secondary storage area to new
locations based on the SKU activity. The general notion of re-slotting is to
place high activity SKUs in premium locations near the pickup/drop-off points
of shipping and receiving. This simulation study examines the performance of an
ABC class-based rule for guiding SKU swaps between the front and rear sections
using case pick data provided by a large regional pharmaceutical distributor.
The simulation results show this class-based case pick re-slotting heuristic
provides significant savings in picker travel.