Warehouse process - Batch picking

Warehouse process:

In terms of warehousing and supply chain there are various processes need to be carried out for supplying particular material for which customer has raised demand  from manufacturer to its end consumer.

 so what are that processes and what type of resources are necessary to perform that process we will know today.

Today we will know about warehouse picking process , what are different types of picking process and for all types of picking processes we have in depth posts so if you want to know in depth  about all that picking processes then jump here.

So lets start,

What is picking :

Picking can be considered as production in warehouse because it’s the first process where material for which customer raised demend is actually physically taken from location and from here the next activities carried out .

Types of picking:

1.     Batch picking

2.     Cluster picking

3.      Store picking

Picking is done from a particular location and for a particular sku ( stock keeping unit ) which is nothing but a unique identity for respective material and it may be a number or code .

The way in which picking executes its like take material from its assigned location, picker goes to particular location which is assigned to required  article and picks that material from location

Batch picking:
 

Batch pick is done for multiple stores at same time , when number of stores demands for common materials then batch pick is very effective way of picking in which all required material for number of stores is picked at one time and after that it is sorted according to their respective stores (customerwise)

In batch pick picker need to visit location of particular sku only one single time to fulfill orders of multiple stores ( customers),batch pick saves time and resources when it comes to pick some common sku material demand from several different stores.

There is no need to pick material for each store separately as it may take more time compare to batch pick.

When multiple number of stores wants some common material then all that picking orders are grouped in a batch and every batch have its unique id or code for identification and  maintaining accurate data and record in wms (warehouse management system) to analyze in future when its needed.

Once the batch is formed after that picking can be start for that particular store orders after batch activation

How to achieve efficiency :

To minimize the picking time and increase productivity two pickers can do picking simultaneously at same zone in reverse and forward way in which one picker starts picking from start location of zone and another starts from end location of same zone.