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Inventory and Warehouse Management Best Practices: Slotting for Dollars

Posted 06-08-2008 at 08:42 PM by Kevin Collins
Updated 06-10-2008 at 12:12 AM by Kevin Collins (updated)
Your warehouse is a limited resource environment. You have a finite amount of people, equipment, products and available storage space. Slotting will help you make the most of the cubic space you have.

At its most basic level, slotting is the series of tasks that precede the decision of where to put away inventory based on space available within your warehouse facility. Who benefits from better slotting? Any organization that needs to improve resource management, increase shipping performance, respond to seasonal variances in product shipping, or optimize a limited number of pick faces. Good slotting practices are a prerequisite for optimal picking. You’ll optimize space utilization and minimize the time and effort required to efficiently receive and store incoming products.


Slotting Benefits
When you optimize the storage of goods in your warehouse through slotting and reslotting, you’ll increase productivity and greater facility throughput....
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