Pallet Storage and Picking Optimization Lecture Transcript

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hard time getting the picture. There are two a SR machines in the same aisle, two machines because a big issue. You've only got this one spot right down here at the front at the bottom where you can get things in and out. So they put two machines. So now I can work both into the aisle and at two levels. (43:42): There's all kinds of ways to configure these. I'm not recommending one of these over another. I just want you to see what's out there. This is probably the most sophisticated unit load storage retrieval system I've ever seen. It's mobile rack with an A SRS. The last one I want to talk for a little bit about is what's called an automated guided vehicle system. But if the vehicle can stack, we call it an automated storage retrieval vehicle, an A SRV, the one that you're looking at costs about a hundred thousand dollars, but the costs are coming down. What's the advantage? (44:23): It can go anywhere. There's no labor. If you've got steady paths through the warehouse, the labor is, this could be a really good way of solving that issue. You got another picture is at a company called Kieran. That vehicle, there's no labor and it's handling four pallets at a time. The productivity there, you can hardly even calculate it and the vehicle probably costs $45,000. That's not much more than a traditional lift truck. Why did they give it a steering wheel in case somebody had to drive it? Plus, it's fascinating to watch it move. It looks like a ghost is driving that thing. (45:02): The next page, I wanted you to see what a solution looks like. This is one we did last year. You run this optimization we talked about right here. Remember this, minimize labor occupancy and equipment costs. Meet these constraints, and at least for this particular company, the answer was we put 79 SKUs in floor storage, 33 and single deep four high seven and single deep six high. We needed two sit down counterbalance and pretty much that took care of it. That's a storage solution. Now that's a pretty simple one right there, but I wanted to give you a feel for what one looks like.

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