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Somewhere along the line we became convinced that the only way to get the lowest possible picking cost was to pick very large batches of product to satisfy the needs of a large number of orders, and then sort them using a high-speed tilt-tray or cross-belt sorter.
Fortunately, nothing could be farther from the truth. And, I say fortunately because only a very few distribution operations have the high volumes that justify such a high level of mechanization.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James M. Apple, Jr. is a Director in The Progress Group. Prior to co-founding The Progress Group in 1991, he was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand's SysteCon division. During 1992-1995 he served as a Senior Systems Advisor with Vanderlande Industries, a major conveyor and systems provider in Europe.
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