CHAPTER EIGHT
ORDER PICKING AND SHIPPING
8.1 Minimize, Simplify, and Combine
Order picking and shipping are typically the highest priority activities for warehouse operations improvement. There are several reasons. Order picking and shipping are the most costly activities in a typical warehouse (Figure 8.1). Order picking and shipping are the most labor-intensive functions in the warehouse. To combat the labor intensity, most of the material- and information-handling systems in warehousing are devoted to the outbound activities. Many of the decision-support systems and engineering projects in a warehouse in picking and shipping. Most of the errors made in warehousing ...
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