Question 4. Consider a unit load warehouse that handles a SKU with the following

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Question 4.

Consider a unit load warehouse that handles a SKU with the following features:

The maximum on-hand inventory quantity is 24 pallet positions (heights are uniform).

The warehouse moves one pallet position per day.

The pallets can be stored in lanes with aisle widths of 2 to 8 units.

The warehouse has a choice of lane depths of 2, 3, 4 or 6 units. However only one of these can be used, i.e. you cannot use two 4-depth lanes plus two 8-depth lanes.

Determine the storage strategy that minimizes the total wasted space.

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Storage Strategies :

1. Company need to ensure warehouse space is consistent for the items to be stored. Here, if the pallet's maximum inventory quantity is 24, then the area where pallets are stored should reflect that size. As lanes are designed to accept 2 to 8 units with lane depth of 2, 3, 4, or 6 units, then there is a lot of space when 2 to 3 units are placed in an aisle. By making sure aisle location is suitable for item, they can free up space in the warehouse.

2. To maximize space utilization it is important to use containers that fits the items stored in the warehouse instead of adopting 'one size fits all' approach.

3. For this warehouse, we can minimize aisle widths by identifying the aisles that can be reduced. Cross aisles and people aisles numbers can be assessed to maximize utilization of aisles.

4. Use of random storage method, as fixed storage methods result in wasted storage space. By using random storage method pallets can be stored in any empty space which will result in higher space utilization.

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