Vent: The new warehouse in Tacoma has the worst picking system I've ever seen

I was there last Tuesday to check out their setup for a client, and their pickers were walking over 2 miles per shift just to fill basic orders. They had the fast-moving items stored in the back corner, which makes no sense. Has anyone else run into a layout that bad and managed to fix it without a full rebuild?

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perry.nancy2d ago

I saw a setup in a Spokane warehouse last year where they had the packing tape three aisles over from the shipping stations. The pickers looked like they were training for a marathon. In my experience, you can sometimes fix that by doing a simple ABC analysis of your SKU velocity and just swapping locations, no rebuild needed. It takes some grunt work to re-slot everything, but it cut travel time by almost half at my old place. Your mileage may vary, but it's worth a shot before you talk about knocking down walls.

the_wesley2d ago

Remember when they put the forklift charger in the back corner?