(Catalog Age) Nashville, TN--To improve picking productivity and improve efficiency, consider the ABC method of slotting. That was the suggestion of Michael Wohlwend, director of alliances for supply chain provider Atlanta-based Manhattan Associates, during a session at the National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment (NCOF) here. Put your fastest movers, the A products, in the front, Wohlwend
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(Catalog Age) Nashville, TN--To improve picking productivity and improve efficiency, consider the ABC method of slotting. That was the suggestion of Michael Wohlwend, director of alliances for supply chain provider Atlanta-based Manhattan Associates, during a session at the National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment (NCOF) here.
Put your fastest movers, the A products, in the front, Wohlwend advised. Then put your B products behind the A products. Your slowest-moving products, the C merchandise, should be stored at the back of your distribution center.
ABC slotting requires monitoring and continual evaluation, Wohlwend added. "As reorders occur," he explained, "an item you thought was once a fast mover could drop to a B or C item."
