Issue:
DHL Supply Chain verified that two objectives were fundamental to remaining cutthroat in the developing internet business area: meeting client SLA (Service Level Agreements) and decreasing functional expenses.
To meet the objectives, the association decided to improve its web based business tasks, including the inbound exercises of get, stage, sort, and set aside; and the outbound exercises of pick, sort, pack, stage, and dispatch.
Solution:
Warehouse modeling and testing
Phase one of the solution involved modeling the warehouse processes as they were and back testing the model with real-world data for calibration. This ensured model accuracy and provided a baseline to compare against order picking strategy proposals. The modeling in this phase was done using AnyLogic’s built-in Process Modeling Library. The library is specially designed to simplify and speed up the accurate capture of business systems and workflows.
Large warehouses use batch picking when collecting orders because individual order picking and cluster picking may involve an item picker spending time traveling several kilometers to fulfill an order. The aim is to find an optimal pick path.