Express handling

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Practically in every distribution center picking areas are divided into “fast, medium and slow moving articles. But normally, almost every order contains many different types of articles and for example not only just fast or just slow moving items. This means in practice that most orders will be split up: one part of the order, for instance, is picked at a fast moving items zone, the rest in a slow moving items zone. Before the orders can be send out, they have to be consolidated.

With express handling, Axxom has developed a new picking concept. An express line is a special area functioning as a by-pass to other picking zones. Here products are stored according to order structure instead of storing by frequency. All orders, which could be processed completely in the express area will by-pass the other areas of the distribution centre. The benefit:

Load reduction of other picking areas
Significantly increased productivity because of the much more efficient handling in the express area

The express handling concept sounds quite simple, but is very successful in practice. In typical projects we achieved cost savings of millions of Euro and reduced delivery times significantly. But the results depend very much on the quality of the algorithm, which identifies the right article spectrum for assembling the express line area, considering a lot of restrictions and constraints. Our software ORion-PI^® Express Handling allows

the selection of the „right“ article for the express station, so that a maximum number of orders in the express station would be completely processed
the possibility of defining load restrictions for the express station
combined / separated storage for articles
consideration of many restrictions

Events

May 5^th 2010
Workshop "Intelligent Intralogistics Optimization"
Munich, Axxom Headquarter

May 6^th2010
Workshop "Strategic Optimization of Supply Chain Networks"
Munich, Axxom Headquarter

News

Axxom presents new solution for freight rate optimization
18^th February 2010 – Axxom Software AG presents its new software ORion-PI^® Freight Rate Optimization from 2^nd till 4^th of March at the trade fair LogiMAT in Stuttgart.
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Axxom achieves significant sales and profit growth
27^th January 2010 - Axxom Software AG has closed the 2009 fiscal year with a significant sales and profit growth. The company recorded a double-digit percental revenue increase.
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