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$$The following SKUs are candidates for storage in a forward piece

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pick area for small parts. Picks are given in person

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minutes and flows have been scaled as a fraction of the volume available in the forward pick area. Assume that savings per pick from the forward pick area is

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minute and a restock averages

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minutes. A

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$$Under allocations that minimize restocks, what is the labor minimizing subset of SKUs to be stored in the forward pick area? How much space should be allocated to Figure

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: Net benefit from storing the best

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equivalently

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to the forward pick area? What is the expected total net benefit? B

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$$Under Equal Space allocations what is the labor

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minimizing subset of SKUs to be stored in the forward pick area? How much space should be allocated to each SKU? How many picks and restocks would there be expected from

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to the forward pick area? What is the expected total net benefit? C

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$$Under Equal Time allocations what is the labor

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minimizing subset of SKUs to be stored in the forward pick area? How much space should be allocated to each SKU? How many picks and restocks would there be expected from

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to the forward pick area? What is the expected total net benefit?