Flow Rack Design for Small Parcel Pick Saves $400K
Flow Rack Design for Small Parcel Pick Saves $400K
2 PagesFlow Rack Design for Small Parcel Pick Saves $400K Challenge At the Louisville, Kentucky DC, Kenco associates were using lift trucks to pick the product from vertical racks. The product was shipped both domestically and internationally via either LTL or small parcel. Kenco determined that a flow rack design was needed to better serve the small parcel volumes, rather than using a common pick-and-ship flow across all shipping modes and SKU velocities. Solution Kenco’s engineering team performed a velocity analysis for both domestic and international small parcel shipping to determine the optimal number of flow racks needed to pick all high-velocity SKUs. On the domestic small parcel, the analysis revealed that 22% of SKUs represented 80% of locations picked and 72% of picks, which dictated t
