True or false? Explain your reasoning. • Carousels are well-suited to product th

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True or false? Explain your reasoning.
• Carousels are well-suited to product that sells in large quantities.
• Carousels are well-suited to product that is frequently requested.
• An AS/RS will increase efficiency if it performs all put-aways separately from all retrievals.
• An A-frame is not a forward pick area because the cost per retrieval is zero.

What are the most convenient storage positions on a carousel? Ex plain.

Explain why the benefits to be gained from bucket brigades might be greater when there are more pickers in the aisle.

Consider the following opinion: “To keep all order-pickers occupied, they must have work to do; therefore it is advantageous to put the fastest workers at the start of the pick aisle so that they can quickly move work-in-process to downstream workers.” How would you expect such an arrangement to work in a fast-pick aisle? What sorts of problems would you expect? (Assume workers may not pass one another.)

Explanation / Answer

• Carousels are well-suited to the product that sells in large quantities.

This is True as Carousel helps in increasing picking speeds and reduce walk distance

• Carousels are well-suited to the product that is frequently requested.

This is True as Carousels shortens the picking time and reduces the walk distance.

• An AS/RS will increase efficiency if it performs all put-away separately from all retrievals.

Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems will increase efficiency through dedicated put-away operations from the unloading dock directly to the final receipt area.

• An A-frame is not a forward pick area because the cost per retrieval is zero.

A-Frame is a total fulfillment solution that consists of automated sub-systems such as returns sorting, WCS controls and packing stations. Picking Module is placed between the storage modules in order to pick in specific order. Hence, the statement is True because of its configuration.

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