ASSIGNING PARTS TO STORAGE LOCATIONS IN A WAREHOUSE

摘要

Assigning parts to storage locations in a warehouse. Ratings of parts are determined based partially on pick frequencies of the parts. The parts with higher pick frequencies are determined to have higher ratings than parts with lower pick frequencies. Grades of storage locations in the warehouse are determined based partially on accessibilities of the storage locations to a loading dock. A programmed processor determines respective ranges of grades of the storage locations that will satisfy storage location criteria of the respective ratings of the parts such that the higher rated parts have narrower respective ranges of grades of satisfactory storage locations than the lower rated parts.

主权项

1. A method for assigning parts to storage locations in a warehouse, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a multiplicity of ratings of a respective multiplicity of parts based partially on respective pick frequencies of the parts, wherein the parts with higher pick frequencies are determined to have higher ratings than parts with lower pick frequencies; determining a multiplicity of grades of a respective multiplicity of storage locations in the warehouse based partially on respective accessibilities of the storage locations to a loading dock or other collection point for the parts; and determining, by one or more processors, respective ranges of grades of the storage locations that will satisfy storage location criteria of the respective multiplicity of ratings of the parts such that the higher rated parts have narrower respective ranges of grades of satisfactory storage locations than the lower rated parts.