Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- SKU picks per period
- 100,20
- Required storage cube by SKU (m³)
- 2,3
- Location travel distances (m)
- 1,5
- Available location capacities (m³)
- 2,3
- SKU-to-location proposal
- SKU 1 → location 1; SKU 2 → location 2
- Unassigned SKU indices
- None
- Remaining location capacities (m³)
- 0, 0
- Assigned pick-distance score
- 200
Try another scenario
- SKU picks per period
- 100,20
- Required storage cube by SKU (m³)
- 3,3
- Location travel distances (m)
- 1,5
- Available location capacities (m³)
- 2,3
- SKU-to-location proposal
- SKU 1 → location 2
- Unassigned SKU indices
- 2
- Remaining location capacities (m³)
- 2, 0
- Assigned pick-distance score
- 500
Calculation method
Calculation method
SKU-to-location proposal
Rank SKUs by picks/required cube, descending; assign each whole SKU to the nearest location with enough residual capacity.
Unassigned SKU indices
List any SKU that the heuristic could not place.
Remaining location capacities (m³)
Subtract assigned SKU cube from each location’s capacity.
Assigned pick-distance score
For assigned SKUs only, sum pick frequency × assigned location distance.
Symbols and units
- a
- SKU picks per period
- b
- Required storage cube by SKU (m³)
- c
- Location travel distances (m)
- d
- Available location capacities (m³)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- Whole-SKU greedy slotting with user-supplied cube and travel distances. Multiple SKUs may share a location within its cube limit. The score covers assigned picks only and is not an optimal warehouse-layout or handling-cost claim. Weight and compatibility rules are outside this cube model.
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Further reading
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