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Picking is 55% of your warehouse cost. Half of it is walking.
A short guide for warehouse managers: where picking time and errors really cost money, the maths for your own site, and a 30-day way to prove the savings. Free, three pages, with sources.
Inside the guide
- The hidden bill: three numbers every warehouse manager should know
- Do the maths: a worked example you can redo with your own figures
- Five leaks, five fixes: where the time and money go
- Prove it in 30 days: a week-by-week plan to test it small
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What it really costs
A site that picks 2,000 order lines a day with a 1% error rate makes 20 mis-picks a day. At $22 each, that is about $110,000 a year, before you count the customer who does not order again. And 35% of facilities run at 1% or worse. (Worked example for illustration.)
Of operating cost is order picking
Source: Dukic & Oluic
Of picking time is travel between shelves
Source: Dukic & Oluic
Average cost of a single mis-pick
Source: Intermec survey of 250 supply chain and distribution managers
To prove it on your own site
A week-by-week plan to test it small before you roll it out.
“Most warehouses don't have a speed problem. They have a walking, searching and fixing problem.”
Get the free guide for the full picture: five leaks and how the best teams fix them, and a 30-day plan to prove it.