When the order is released, any fully reserved single SKU pallet can be picked up using a traditional reach truck. This pick is simple as it involves simply picking the entire pallet. Any high-level pick requiring a number of cartons of a pallet would be assigned to a man-up picking device while any mixed carton or unit picking from the floor level would be assigned to a picker using a pallet jack.
As orders are released to the warehouse, the picking slips are queued by MHE type. As a picker completes a picking slip, he/she will click a “fetch now” option on the scanner, and the next picking slip for that picker’s MHE type will automatically be assigned to him/her. Various priority sort orders can be applied at this point.
The picker names can also be moved from one MHE type to another, depending on the workload by MHE.