Question 38 A warehouse layout that utilizes a straight flow operation has a picking face along one vertical and horizontal warehouse wall has a picking face in the middle of the warehouse has a picking face in the middle of the warehouse utilizes moving shelves has a picking face closest to the shipping location functions illus Shipping Goods Shipping - receipt Picking face Order assembly Goods receipt + + + freight through achieve optimal onditions. At the quality control llow one of two second option is freight is moved A Location 4 Location 8 Shipping A A Location 3 Location 7 equipment (also B B B Picking face B B B Location 2 Location 6 C k locations. The ered by the quan reorder point, orders from cus C Location 1 Location 5 Picking face Goods receipt he pick locations ht will be either ament, combined of the four objec inspected against A straight flow operation A'U flow operation with conveyors An l'flow operation red with conveyor Figure 10.4 Three warehouse layout examples (Source: Warman, 19711" ain, the four core ber of processes (Note that boxes in Figure 10.4 labelled A, B or Crefer to common classifications where freight classified A is frequently ordered, Bless so, and C is rarely ordered) eing handled and red by minimising h automated han vehicles). In doing intain the quality and to Storage should be avoided unless the freight requires one of the four valueding activities in Figure 10.2. Otherwise storage is costly and non-value ating: Creating bulk and breaking bulk' are normally assocb with transport economies while