Travel Time During Picking Reduced by 65%, Picking Time Reduced by 17% OVERVIEW One of Kenco’s customers, a diversified provider of industrial-use products and services produces large industrial machinery. The scope of services Kenco performs include all inbound scheduling and receiving, picking and sequencing parts, delivering parts to assembly lines, and managing and shipping returnable racks to the suppliers. CHALLENGE The customer wanted to reduce the lots sizes to increase flexibility and meet the customer demand. The challenge created for Kenco by this process change is it would require visiting pick locations more frequently during the day but picking less product each time. With no other changes, an increase in staffing levels would be required. Kenco was asked to support this ch

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