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ORDERPICKING SYSTEMS

Delve into the details of order picking strategies and increase your efficiency

With e-commerce sales increasing every year and consumers demanding fast delivery, companies need efficient and cost-effective order picking systems that are tailored to operational and business needs. Since picking accounts for a significant portion of warehouse costs, an appropriate order picking strategy can help companies improve their bottom line while ensuring customer satisfaction.

To increase efficiency, companies will need to focus on increasing warehouse productivity, picking speed and accuracy. The right way for your warehouse depends on your own situation. If you are unsure about the right way for your operation, our CORAX consultants are always ready to support you.

With CORAX you can give picking instructions in 3 ways, with the CORAX App, with MFCS (Material Flow Control System) for automated operations and also on paper if you wish. However, that is no longer necessary, because you have access to the CORAX App. You can use the app on any mobile device, from your own smart phone to a logistics scanner.

Below we explain a couple of strategies that you can follow with CORAX WMS.

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Single Order Picking

The first way is Single Order Picking, also known as Order-for-Order-picking. With this technique, the order picker collects all goods for order 1 and then starts order 2.

The items are brought together in a package. A package refers to the unit in which it is collected, for example a pallet, box or container.

The advantage is that the user maintains an overview of the order to be picked. Optionally, the order can also be divided into several picking documents, with the option of having everything done by one user or distributing the workload among several employees. This will often be the case with large orders.

For small warehouses with few order pickers
The order picker processes order by order
Ability to split into multiple picking documents for multiple pickers
Easy to learn
Suitable for warehouse with many SKUs but low numbers per SKU
Suitable for multiple picks per order with low order quantity

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Sandwich Picking (Layer picking)

The next order picking technique is Sandwich Picking, a form of Single Order-Picking in which the order to be picked is subdivided into layers, whereby a pallet is placed between the layers in order to keep each article or batch code on the same layer (homogeneous layers).

This means that customers who receive the goods in their warehouse can easily store homogeneous pallets and they do not have to sort the received pallets. At the same time, it ensures that no small pallets are shipped for transport or that consolidation has to be done before shipping.

This method is mainly used in the food / retail sector; it is often a requirement of the customer to deliver it in this way. As soon as this pallet is received by the end customer – for example, a supermarket – they can more easily separate the different articles and lot codes from each other and they can be stored immediately.

Division into layers with pallets in between
Store as homogeneous pallets
Sorting receipt is not necessary
Prevention of many small pallets
Consolidation for shipping not required
Especially in the food sector

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Cluster Picking (Multiple Order Picking)

Cluster Picking, also known as Multiple Order Picking, is picking multiple orders simultaneously in the same picking round. The goods are placed directly on the correct shipping carrier during picking. As a result, all picked packages are immediately ready for dispatch and no sorting has to be done.

In this variant, an employee will pick several orders at the same time, so only one picking round is necessary in order to complete multiple orders. The advantage of this method is that you have to travel less distance, compared to the Single Order Picking. This is particularly interesting if an employee can easily take several shipping carriers with him during the picking round. The more carriers that can be carried, the more savings can be made on walking or driving distance. This is particularly interesting for e-commerce.

For Webshops – E-commerce
Pick multiple orders at the same time
Goods directly on the correct shipping carrier
No need for sorting anymore
Travel less distance than with Single Order Picking

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A compound order means that an order is received that actually consists of several items. An order with lamp (finished product), but the WMS must know that 1 lampshade and 1 lamp base must be picked for this. The hood and base are parts of the Bill of Material, the recipe for this order.

Algorithm: CORAX first tries to find a finished product in the stock. If there isn’t any, the WMS will check whether the individual components (BoM, recipe) are in the warehouse and send the order picker there. Then it is put together and the order can be delivered. This is often used when multiple combinations are possible and it is not efficient to store the separate components. Think of garden furniture where you can choose the individual parts yourself: ottoman, corner sofa, straight sofa, table, glass plate on the table or not. If you were to store all possible sets separately in the warehouse, you would quickly run out of space and run the risk of having to de-kit. You only need the hocker from a certain ready-made set. Then you have to book everything back to individual components. Therefore, kitting in the form of compositions is a very desirable functionality.

ORDERPICKING SYSTEMS

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Single Order Picking

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Sandwich Picking (Layer picking)

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Cluster Picking (Multiple Order Picking)

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