Question: Consider the narrow aisle unit-load warehouse layout. Each storage location is 4.8 4.8 feet. The picking aisles are 5 feet in width. Travel occurs along

Consider the narrow aisle unit-load warehouse layout. Each storage location is 4.8 4.8 feet. The picking aisles are 5 feet in width. Travel occurs along the dashed lines. Do not be concerned with the vertical distance traveled. Note that travel from the receiving /shipping point in the graph below is 16 feet from the P/D point in our notes. Over one year, an average of 1,000 pallet loads are received daily and 1,000 pallet loads are shipped daily. Assume continuous picking aisles of 12 pallet positions in length and a random storage policy (i.e., each storage ocation is equally likely to be chosen for storage and for retrieval). Use the equations discussed in the module to calculate the expected dual command travel distance.

Answer: 206

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