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Product slotting is the practice of deciding where each product should live in the warehouse, based on its characteristics and how it moves. A high-velocity item belongs somewhere easy to reach and quick to replenish; a bulky or awkward item has different needs again. Get these decisions right across thousands of SKUs and the cumulative effect on travel, handling and picking can be substantial.
Many warehouse managers feel the problem long before they reach for the term slotting. If picker travel and congestion sound familiar, this is the discipline that addresses them.
Verified product inputs
Possible considerations
Analyse product behaviour
AOLS analyses product characteristics and movement data to understand how each SKU behaves in the operation.
Recommend suitable locations
Recommendations assign products to locations suited to how they move, while accounting for layout, storage design and process.
Review as demand changes
SKU profiles and demand shift over time, so slotting is best treated as something reviewed periodically rather than set once.
AOLS has hands-on experience in Australian operating facilities, having both developed in-house slotting software and worked with off-the-shelf slotting solutions. That combination means the approach can be matched to your operation rather than forcing your operation to fit a single tool.
Slotting is built on product inputs such as dimensions, velocity or movement, and shelf life, along with other relevant product characteristics and your movement data. AOLS works from these to develop location recommendations suited to how each product behaves.
Yes. Many warehouses feel the problem – excessive picker travel or congested pick areas – without using the term. Slotting is simply the discipline of placing products in more suitable locations.
It is best treated as something reviewed periodically. SKU profiles and demand change over time, so locations that suited the operation once may need revisiting.
