How Rexroth practices pre-staging
By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 1/1/1998
At Rexroth, materials entering the staging area are well-defined by the picklists generated from work orders. There is little room for discretion as to what to include or not include in work order totes.On the other hand, inventory decisions for the stack-racking system and modular drawer cabinets adjacent to the staging station are much more discretionary. Periodic forecasts determine how much material to move into these storage locations.
The stack-racking system stores forecasted component parts, i.e., components and subassemblies, that can be immediately placed in a tote at the staging station upon receipt of a work order.
Slow-moving components are stored on the upper racks and accessed using the manually operated "forklift." Fast-moving components are stored on the lower racks. The latter are frequently accessed by hand without pulling out the rack.
Rexroth has progressed from simply putting the fast-moving items on the lower shelves, to grouping items that typically go together in assemblies, and finally to preassembly of some of the components based on forecasting of work orders, i.e., before an actual work order is placed for a specific assembly operation.
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