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The activities associated with locating, collecting, transferring and grouping products in preparation of transportation. This includes scheduling picks, issuing pick instructions and recording the completion of the pick process, and may include finding alternative products in case of a stock-out or recording the lot numbers or serial numbers picked on the order.

Typically items to pick are grouped according to a Pick Policy. Generally accepted pick policies include:

• Order picking. One order at a time.
• Batch picking. Group multiple orders on a consolidated pick list.
• Zone picking. Divide pick area in zones, pick by zone. Orders move from zone to zone.
• Wave picking. Group multiple orders in consolidated pick list. Pick then sort and consolidate.

Companies with diverse products may require different policies for different products.

Use Cases

• Printing a list of items to pick for a customer order and pulling the items from the warehouse
• Automated picks using Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems
• In Retail: Filling your shopping cart

Notes

Picking has a large impact on performance for industries where multiple products are combined on a single order or shipment. Not all products require picking: loading a product in a tanker truck from a silo does not require a comprehensive pick process. Challenges with picking include: Unable to locate an item, Wrong item in right location, pick from wrong location mistakes.

Picking in a classic retail store is uniquely different from picking in warehouses. Whereas, in a warehouse the pick list is derived from the order; in a retail store the order is typically created at checkout - i.e. after picking is complete. Orders Damage Free Ratio Orders On-time Ratio Orders In-full Ratio Deliver Cycle Time Order Processing Delays Fulfillment Cost Quote-to-Cash Order-to-Cash First Expired, First Out (FEFO) First In, First Out Last In, First Out Pick, Pack & Ship

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
D1	Deliver-From-Stock	2	D1
D107	Pick	3	D107

Metric(s)

ID	Name	Level	x
DP11	Orders Damage Free Ratio	2	DP11
DP13	Orders On-time Ratio	2	DP13
DP14	Orders In-full Ratio	2	DP14
RS12	Deliver Cycle Time	2	RS12
RS22	Order Processing Delays	2	RS22
CO122	Fulfillment Cost	3	CO122

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
FEFO	First Expired, First Out (FEFO)		FEFO
FIFO	First In, First Out		FIFO
LIFO	Last In, First Out		LIFO
O2C	Order-to-Cash		O2C
PP&S	Pick, Pack & Ship		PP&S
Q2C	Quote-to-Cash		Q2C

Workflow

From Input(s)	Process	Output(s) To
wf_process wf_arrow D106 Generic Stock D102 Sales Order	D107	wf_arrow wf_process Sales Order D108 Sales Order Stock D108

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