My client operates a high-volume picking environment with very small items. They have 5 or 6 small pick and pack stations that all contain the same items for picking and packing. Each order is picked, then packed and placed into a courier shipping pallet, before moving on to the next order.
Each day thousands of different orders will be waved for shipment. Ideally we want to use system directed picking where all 5 or 6 stations are working from the same work priority list until all orders are completed. This way the work load is evenly distributed across all pick/pack stations.
All picking locations are assigned to the same location profile. All packing locations are also assigned to one location profile. Location directives queries are configured to use location profiles for determining the pick and put actions.
As a result when work is created the location directives are assigning all Pick work to the 1st pick/pack station until inventory is depleted, and then moving on to assign picking work to the 2nd station. The location directives are also directing the Put step to place the item for packing at the 1st packing station.
If the worker is configured to allow location override on the pick and put steps, we can scan to change the pick and pack locations, however this is adding thousands of extra steps for each packing station per day. Has anyone faced similar challenges and figured out a solution without modification?
