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Practices in Place in Survey Warehouses

78.1%

Continuous Improvement Teams Popularity Slotting (Golden Zoning) Directed Putaway ABC Cycle Counting ASNs Pick Location Verification Productivity/Time Standards Putaway Location Verification Cross Training

RightChain™ Research has benchmarked warehouse performance and practice since the late 1980s. One of the common denominators of the highest performing warehouses in our research is the number and type of best practices employed. The most recent list and propensity of employment is illustrated in the graphic. Interestingly, two of the best practices yielding the highest impact on warehouse productivity are popularity slotting and interleaving, two with limited employment.

68.8%

64.2%

63.5%

61.2%

60.0%

54.7%

50.5% 51.0% 51.1%

RFID Tags Interleaving Weigh Checking Activity Based Costing Cross Docking Ergonomics Programs Item Cube Information

49.0%

44.8%

35.4%

29.0%

12.2%

7.4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

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