Name: Saad Mahmood

ID:FA17-BBAH-0047
QUIZ # 02
Q1) Describe the offloading and picking? Describe the different picking strategies.
Offloading
On arrival, the vehicle details need to be checked against the booking reference and the
vehicle allocated a loading bay or location in the yard. Any vehicle seals need to be checked
against the delivery paperwork. Prior to offloading temperature-controlled vehicles, the
temperature history of the vehicle whilst in transit needs to be checked, together with the
current temperature of the goods.
Picking
Order picking is the most costly activity within today’s warehouses. Not only is it labour
intensive, but it is challenging to automate, can be difficult to plan, is prone to error and
crucially has a direct impact on customer service.
It is the warehouse process that collects products in a warehouse to fulfill customer orders.
Since it is the costliest process in the warehouse, comprising as much as 55% of the total
operating expense, optimizing this process will allow you to reduce costs significantly and
increase your warehouse efficiency.
Different Types of Picking Strategies:

There are many different types of picking in a warehouse and each one works as a

customized solution for each business. Depending on the size of your warehouse and
inventory, the manpower you have on hand, and the number of customer orders made each
day, 

Single Order Picking

The most common type of picking is single order picking. The picker is provided one order at
a time and then goes to the warehouse to find each item on the list before completing the
order. However, in many cases, the sequence in which orders are given to pickers and the
routes they follow are not optimized. The worker must always make a full trip through the
warehouse just to fill a single order.
Batch Picking
In this case, workers can pick multiple orders at a time, with both manual and automated
picking. The manual picking environment works by allowing the picker to pick SKUs
required for multiple orders at a time. This minimizes the travel time. With automated
picking, the worker remains in one location while horizontal and vertical carousels deliver the
required SKUs to the worker.
Zone Picking
This method divides the warehouse into several zones and assigns workers to only work
within a specific zone. Each zone can use its own type of technology and storage system,
depending on what would work best for the SKUs stored in that zone, and the storage
technology used in that zone. Orders can be picked in the past from zone to zone, or delivered
to a specific point before shipping.
Cluster Picking 
Cluster picking is a methodology of picking into multiple order containers at one time. The
containers could either be either totes containing order batches, discrete order shippers, or
discrete order totes
Wave Picking 
Wave picking is very similar to discrete picking in that one picker picks one order, one SKU
at a time.  The main difference is the scheduling window.  In discrete picking, there is not a
scheduling window whereas in wave picking there is.  Orders may be scheduled to be picked
at specific times of the day, which is usually done to coordinate and maximize the picking
and shipping operations. 
Advanced Systems Picking
In this system, totes for individual orders travel from zone to zone where they are delivered
into picking stations were a worker is picking from carousels. These batch stations use
specific systems to direct the correct quantity to each tote. During this process, the bulk
components of orders can be picked by workers on forklifts who are doing one order at a time
or batch picking.