Title
Model Focused on Increasing Picking Efficiency through Lean and Cycle Counting
Date Issued
27 September 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Association for Computing Machinery
Abstract
In this article, we will seek to optimize the performance of the picking, by reducing or eliminating two identified problems, which are stock breakage and high times to collect products. Picking activity is of great relevance within warehouse operations, as the time in which it is carried out substantially influences the total order cycle. Optimizing human resources is critical, as a large percentage of storage costs come from the labor cost associated with picking activity. Faced with the identified problems, it is proposed as main methodologies of solution, Lean Warehousing and cycle counting. As a support tool, it was proposed to implement a warehouse-based radio frequency system. Under the implementation of the current proposal, a 24% reduction was achieved from the return times when picking up an order. Similarly, product search times decreased by 20%. As a result, picking efficiency increased by approximately 6%. Finally, it can be said that increased picking performance and efficiency can improve not only the warehouse, but the business performance.
Start page
32
End page
37
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de producción
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123044613
Resource of which it is part
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
ISBN of the container
978-145039064-4
Conference
7th International Conference on Industrial and Business Engineering, ICIBE 2021
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