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Zone Picking o The physical setup of the picking system should minimize the travel time of the pickers whenever
possible. The same is true with the method of picking used.
Zone picking consists of different employees assigned to different zones within your warehouse and
only picking items located in their specific zone.This order picking has each worker in charge of a o The picking method should minimize the number of times the products must be handled before
section and pulls from her section to fill incoming orders. The box may move through several sec- they are placed into the final cartons used for shipping.
tions until the order is complete, often along a conveyor belt.
Pick List
For example:
Pick list is a document containing the list of materials to be picked for shipping orders. A picklist
If an order comes through that requires items from Zone A and Zone B, the picker in Zone A will usually has number of line items to be picked up by a picker, sometimes it may have single line item
gather his items and pass on the order to the picker in zone B to complete the order. and may vary up to the order requirement. The below mentioned sample picklist has 6 line items to
be picked by the picker
This is ideal for large businesses with a high rate of inventory turnover.
S.No. Product Part Product Units of Storage Required Picked
Code Number Description Measures Location Qty Qty

1 380200 AMW28 Bolt Pack A3 4 100 100
C R
2. 380110 OPL56 Nut Pack D4 2 150 150
H R
3 380110 NMR89 Main cap Each E3 2 10 10
C R
4. 38130 BHM44 Side clamp Each G2 9 1000 1000
C R
5. 38140 DIV85 Engine oil Mill Gram G4 5 10 10
C R
Zone-1 Zone-2 Zone-3 Zone-4 6. 380140 AQS31 Gear box Sets K1 5 5 5
C R
Note : - Column, - Row
C R
Delivery
Conveyor Different Forms of Pick List
Delivering
Items to a a. Computer Generated Pick List: This is the most common type of a pick list generated using a
Sorter computer and printed using a printer and a copy is handed over to a picker to perform a picking
activity. Below mentioned is a sample form of such Pick list.

Bryan -MFG DB.
With increasing online orders, companies are increasingly installing picking apparatus such as put Picking List
walls, put-to-light systems, goods-to-person systems and cross-belt sortation systems, to cope with Sales order number : 1434
the larger volume of small orders. Ordered by: 4002
Following are some of the other factors to be considered in determining the right picking sys- Warehouse Location Item Code Quanity
tem:
1 LOC1 PICK001 10.00
o The pick location assigned to each product should be based on the 80/20 rule. This means that LOC2 PICK001 20.00
fast-moving products should be in picking locations that hold more stock. LOC3 PICK001 20.00

2 LOC1 PICK001 10.00
o You should be able to move a product into or out of its picking location easily as the level of its
activity moves up or down over time. LOC2 PICK001 20.00