Question

Which of the following is not a type of a warehouse picking methods

Layer pick

Crane

Piece, unit, item or broken-case pick

Full-case or carton pick

Answer 1

Crane piece, unit, item or broken case pick is the picking method is employed in all warehouses which incorporate a diverse supply chain. This pick will help in picking individual item one at a time until the order is complete. This involves lot of human source for collecting individual item sat different locations. This method helps in easy tracking of consignments picked and supplied accurate information of every individual item.

However, discrete picking involves significant travel time, making it labor-intensive and an inefficient picking strategy for warehouses that deal with higher-volume or more complex orders.

Case picking or full carton picking

In this method of picking the products collected tend to have less diversity in characteristics and the stock keeping units are supplied with higher picks in a single operation.

Case picking will have the products stored in bulk in floor locations on a pallet rack. It enhances high storage density and high pick rates. Wave picking can also be employed in case picking where very large picks are available per order and this will effectively reduce the cycle time.

Layer picking is not a picking method used in warehouse picking.

Layer picking is just a selection technique used in mixing of products in a staging or a mixing centre.

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