Location Address plays an IMPORTANT Role in Storage Systems
The location address system is a systemic process of identifying, determining and naming all racks/ shelves. Existence of a consistent and unambiguous identification for both retail and medium warehouses can facilitate ease of locating products in picking, replenishment and counting stocks.
In addition, it is important to store the heavy items that have to be lifted by material handling equipment such as pallet truck. To emphasize ergonomics, fast- moving products should be stored between the belt and shoulder height level. Hence workers can pick with minimal stretching and bending.
A combination of alphabets and numeric markings helps to identify individual location address (e.g. A- 018-100) that holds each product. The idea of having a product code assigned to a location (a slot in the racks), that segregate storedc products. During picking, workers' effort may be eliminated when sorting of the different products at a location is no longer necessary. Distributors have to be aware that the numbers of digits/alphabets should cater for future expansion- in order to have a standardized and unique (non- repetitive) identification.
Below are 2 examples for naming the location:
The diagram below shows the 2 sides to an aisle (if any). Besides running the digits in consecutive order, even or odd can be used to name the either side of the racks/ shelves.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
The location address system is a systemic process of identifying, determining and naming all racks/ shelves. Existence of a consistent and unambiguous identification for both retail and medium warehouses can facilitate ease of locating products in picking, replenishment and counting stocks.
In addition, it is important to store the heavy items that have to be lifted by material handling equipment such as pallet truck. To emphasize ergonomics, fast- moving products should be stored between the belt and shoulder height level. Hence workers can pick with minimal stretching and bending.
A combination of alphabets and numeric markings helps to identify individual location address (e.g. A- 018-100) that holds each product. The idea of having a product code assigned to a location (a slot in the racks), that segregate storedc products. During picking, workers' effort may be eliminated when sorting of the different products at a location is no longer necessary. Distributors have to be aware that the numbers of digits/alphabets should cater for future expansion- in order to have a standardized and unique (non- repetitive) identification.
Below are 2 examples for naming the location:
The diagram below shows the 2 sides to an aisle (if any). Besides running the digits in consecutive order, even or odd can be used to name the either side of the racks/ shelves.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
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