SlotLE 2008 Software

SlotLE 2008™ is a revolutionary slotting product that concentrates on maximizing savings in all areas affected by slotting. SlotLE™ 2008, provides an effective tool to maintain your warehouse(s) over time, which ensures that you continue to perform at an optimum level. The software offers "what-if" scenarios capability that let you quickly explore and measure the impact of potential slotting changes or the addition of "virtual equipment technologies" without disruption to your operation.

SlotLE™ 2008 allows the user to create reports based on slotting scenarios. Information is displayed visually allowing the user to quickly see the benefits that can be provided through slotting.

A properly slotted warehouse will drive down operating costs and improve overall distribution efficiency. Proper slotting techniques will usually provide quick return on investment because it enables you to achieve higher productivity with fewer resources. This is especially true if slotting has been neglected or not recently used. Below are a few examples of the different types of costs that can be reduced with proper slotting.

• Storage Cost – The cost of warehouse space. Whether you are leasing or own your warehouse, SlotLE™ 2008, can account for the storage cost in terms of monthly lease payment or depreciation expense. This factor typically has an impact when considering the cubic space within the warehouse.
• Picking Cost – The cost to pick product for customer orders. Order fulfillment techniques vary based on technology and work procedures. You may pick certain products by eaches, cases, or event pallet loads. Depending on the technology used, you will experience a wide variance in labor and expenses.
• Replenishment Cost – The cost to replenish product from a secondary location to a primary pick zone. Whenever we elect to move a SKU to a separate pick area, we need to make sure that the separate pick area is kept populated with product. Distance and time involved to replenish products can dramatically alter overall costs.
• Capital Cost – The cost to purchase and/or depreciate capital equipment. The equipment cost in a warehouse varies depending on the designed functionality and level of automation. SlotLE™ 2008, accounts for the cost/benefit of varying technologies and factors this into the overall economic model to minimize operating costs.
• Primary Pick Inventory Levels – User defined specification that determines inventory levels. Anytime we elect to have a primary pick area, we need to decide how much inventory is the 'right' amount to stock. As we insert more days of inventory in the primary areas, we lessen the cost of replenishment, but we increase our total primary picking costs.
• Zone Visits Per Order – The average number of Zones that our orders must visit to be picked. Whenever an order goes to a zone for picking, there is natural overhead required to initiate the order in the zone, pick the order, and prepare the order for exit. One method is to use actual orders to produce affinity groups ... the most cost effective method.
• New Capital Evaluation– SlotLE™ 2008 makes it easy to substitute a new technology and determine if it is the best technology to purchase. If the slotting does not use any of the new technology, we can question its effectiveness. On the other hand, SlotLE™ 2008 might use the technology and show us the potential savings we can realize.

If you are considering slotting your warehouse and you want to go beyond just frequency based slotting methods, contact the professionals at IDS Engineering.

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