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Shortest distance order picking

Hi!

I have created a model based on the warehouse demo (2019 Update 2 Warehouse Demo) that uses historic data to pick orders. I need some help in getting my operator to optimize the order picking by travelling the shortest distance possible with each order. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!

You can find my model attached.

Thanks in advance!

TINE Modell.fsm

FlexSim 20.0.10
orderpickingmodel optimizationshortest distance
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If you were to push all your SKUs to a list, then when picking the items you can order by the distance from the puller and use ASC or DESC as you see fit. Other strategies include ordering by the bayID of the stored item's slot.

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