Batch Picking
- Bart Friederichs
Introduction
Batch picking is the name of a process that enables an order picker to pick two or more orders at the same time. This way you can increase the throughput of a warehouse picking process considerably, by eliminating a lot of walking.
Basic Implementation
Batch picking is implemented in the PocketApp by allowing the order picker to select (“grab”) more than one order in the outbound order list. After grabbing those orders, the PocketApp starts the pick run and tells the order picker where to go to and what to pick. In the same screen, the order picker can see which order the pick belongs to.
When using totes or boxes (pick-and-pack), the PocketApp can be configured to make the scanning of that tote or box mandatory, creating an extra check on the correctness of the order pick (after location and article scan).
Cart Picking
A second way of batch picking is to use the “Cart Pick” option. This way, the order picker scans a box or tote and the system will select an order to connect to that box ot tote.
Cart Picking has not been deployed often, and as such may have some configuration or usability issues.
Cart Picking does not support put-to-light at the moment.
Flex Setting developer
To enable the grabbing of more than one order in the PocketApp order list, use the allow_multi setting:
<flex>
<grab>
<allow_multi>true</allow_multi>
</grab>
</flex>To enable cart picking, add the cart to the pick methods:
<flex>
<grab>
<mode>cart</mode>
</grab>
</flex>