True or false? Explain your reasoning.
• Carousels are well-suited to product that sells in large quantities.
• Carousels are well-suited to product that is frequently requested.
• An AS/RS will increase efficiency if it performs all put-aways separately from all retrievals.
• An A-frame is not a forward pick area because the cost per retrieval is zero.
What are the most convenient storage positions on a carousel? Explain.
Explain why the benefits to be gained from bucket brigades might be greater when there are more pickers in the aisle.
Consider the following opinion: “To keep all order-pickers occupied, they must have work to do; therefore it is advantageous to put the fastest workers at the start of the pick aisle so that they can quickly move work-in-process to downstream workers.” How would you expect such an arrangement to work in a fast-pick aisle? What sorts of problems would you expect? (Assume workers may not pass one another.)