This type of allocation has several advantages:
• Items can be moved within the warehouse at any time, because dynamic allocation does not lock
in the lot, location, or license plate until the associate performs the pick.
• This enables pallet swapping because the system does not determine which pallet to pick for the
order prior to the pick being performed.
• Dynamic picking is realtime. When the associate has completed the pick from its original location
to its staging or holding location, the move also updates the corresponding tables. This means that
all inventory in designated locations is current for cycle counting, physical inventories, and so on.
• The allocation time for shipment orders on a wave is substantially reduced because the system
does not set all the details about what needs to be picked during allocation.
Dynamic allocation can also be configured to use system cartonization logic to help direct the picking
of case quantities to containers based on item setup. The system can determine which items can
be picked to the same outbound container so work can be distributed to associates as needed.