Project 2 · Distribution center layout
Warehouse Slotting Tool
Pickers walk from the dock to each slot and back. Put the fastest movers closest to the dock and the building gets smaller without moving a wall. Before: SKUs in random slots. After: velocity slotting.
Weekly pick distance
60,09516,762
Picks x steps from the dock (aisle + bay + 2 per level).
Reduction
72.1%
Random slotting to velocity slotting.
SKUs moved
199
Of 200 SKUs, from their random slot to a new one.
SKU list
Now showing Sample: 200 SKUs, seeded Pareto picks
Columns: sku, picks_per_week, length_in, width_in, height_in. Up to 480 carton SKUs and 120 oversize SKUs (over 12 cu ft). Parsed in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Floor map
Top 10 movers
Ranked by weekly steps saved.
- 1SKU-150A07-B11-L0 → A00-B00-L010,890605 picks
- 2SKU-016A04-B06-L2 → A00-B01-L05,629433 picks
- 3SKU-090A06-B19-L1 → A01-B01-L02,800112 picks
- 4SKU-127A04-B08-L1 → A01-B00-L02,483191 picks
- 5SKU-189A05-B10-L1 → A02-B00-L01,20080 picks
- 6SKU-066A05-B12-L2 → A00-B03-L01,18866 picks
- 7SKU-103A02-B08-L0 → A00-B02-L01,144143 picks
- 8SKU-194A06-B10-L2 → A01-B02-L01,05462 picks
- 9SKU-059A02-B15-L2 → A00-B01-L199055 picks
- 10SKU-085A00-B12-L2 → A02-B01-L079361 picks
All 200 SKUs
| SKU | Old slot → new slot | Picks / week | Volume (cu ft) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKU-150 | A07-B11-L0 → A00-B00-L0 | 605 | 0.9 |
| SKU-016 | A04-B06-L2 → A00-B01-L0 | 433 | 1.4 |
| SKU-127 | A04-B08-L1 → A01-B00-L0 | 191 | 1.4 |
| SKU-103 | A02-B08-L0 → A00-B02-L0 | 143 | 3.0 |
| SKU-090 | A06-B19-L1 → A01-B01-L0 | 112 | 0.5 |
| SKU-189 | A05-B10-L1 → A02-B00-L0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| SKU-062 | A00-B06-L0 → A00-B00-L1 | 76 | 1.0 |
| SKU-066 | A05-B12-L2 → A00-B03-L0 | 66 | 1.1 |
| SKU-194 | A06-B10-L2 → A01-B02-L0 | 62 | 0.9 |
| SKU-085 | A00-B12-L2 → A02-B01-L0 | 61 | 0.2 |
| SKU-045 | A03-B08-L0 → A03-B00-L0 | 59 | 0.6 |
| SKU-059 | A02-B15-L2 → A00-B01-L1 | 55 | 2.1 |
What I'd tell the ops manager
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