How-to Guide: 15 Order Picking Best Practices

No matter what industry you’re in, what size parts you inventory or how many orders you fill daily—order fulfillment is a labor intensive and time consuming task. Adding in a global pandemic and never ending supply chain disruptions has only made order fulfillment more complicated. Not to worry—we’ve detailed 15 order picking best practices you can easily implement to improve overall order fulfillment.

Implementing one or more of the following order picking best practices supports higher accuracy, improved productivity, greater throughput and faster cycle times in order fulfill- ment—ultimately maximizing your picking efficiency while boosting customer satisfaction.

Download this guide to:

• Improve warehouse organization
• Maximize space utilization
• Increase picking productivity

Each of these 15 order picking best practices can be implemented individually or in combination with one another. These strategies are designed to increase your overall picking efficiencies through higher pick accuracy, improved worker productivity, greater throughput and faster cycle times.