The human work elements involved in order picking may include
- Traveling to, from, and between pick locations
-Extracting items from storage locations
- Reaching and bending to access pick locations
-Documenting picking transactions
-Sorting items into orders
-Packing items
- Searching for pick locations
A typical distribution of the order picker's time among these activities is provided in Figure 8-33. Means for eliminating the work elements are out- lined in Table 8-1.
When work elements cannot be eliminated, they can often be combined to improve order picking productivity. Some effective combinations of work elements are outlined in the following sections.
Travelling and Extracting Items stock-to-picker(STP) systems such as carousels and the mini load automated storage/retrieval system are designed to keep order pickers extracting while a mechanical device travels to, from,