Slotting Software
New products, change in product demand, and seasonality can impact the picking and replenishment efficiency in the warehouse. Travel time in most warehouses accounts for 60 to 65 percent of picking and replenishment labor time. Optimum slotting through the use of slotting software can help reduce travel time and the associated labor costs as well as improves picking and replenishment efficiency.
ASAP Automation combines industry leading profiling/slotting techniques with over 20-years of warehousing and distribution experience. ASAP Automation's Exacta® Profile™ application is profiling software that uses complex algorithms to optimize product slotting by evaluating the following:
- Type of material handling storage system required
- Identify what products should be stocked in each of those storage modes
- Identify the exact location within the storage mode for the product (Golden zone rule)
- Identify the optimum inventory level to be maintained for continuous operations without excess inventory
Exacta® Profile™ can be implemented to provide a dynamic slotting software tool for an existing warehouse or for a new warehouse. Exacta® Profile™ integrates and works with the Exacta® Synchronize™ Warehouse Management Software system as well as other standard Warehouse Management Software (WMS) packages and homegrown Warehouse Management Software (WMS) systems.
Users are able to select the rules and constraints for the slotting analysis. The output from the slotting analysis by Exacta® Profile™ can be in a printed format (list) or integrated with a Warehouse Management System for system RF handheld mobile scanners or voice directed tasks.
Benefits of slotting your warehouse correctly using Exacta®Profile™:
- Reduce required storage space - consolidates storage locations leaving more open storage space
- Initial warehouse set up -distributes your products between picking zones, minimizing picking labor and maximizing economic return
- Continuous optimization - redistributes and consolidates products to improve picking and replenishment efficiency and accuracy
- Work balancing - balances activity across multiple pick zones to reduce congestion in the zones and improve material flow
