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1. Product is received

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2. Cases are inducted and conveyed to the shuttle system

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3. Pallets are putaway in reserve storage

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4. Cases are inducted and conveyed to the shuttle system

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5. The shuttle system is used for slow movers and returns

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6. Meanwhile, an operator depalletizes layers of fast moving SKUs

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7. The SKUs are inducted into the case dispenser

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8. In the bottle pick room, an associate builds mixed cases

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9. Cases are conveyed to a spiral conveyor that leads to a sorter

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