With the rapid development of the e-commerce industry, warehousing logistics as an important link in the supply chain, its efficiency directly affects the core competitiveness of enterprises. This paper unfolds from the overview of Picking System, current situation analysis, efficiency improvement strategy and development trend to provide useful reference for China's warehousing and logistics enterprises.

Overview of Picking System

Picking Picking System, i.e., picking system, refers to a series of equipments, technologies and management means to realize the accurate and efficient handling of goods from the storage location to the delivery location. According to different business requirements, Picking System can be categorized into the following types:

Person-to-Goods: manually picking commodities according to the order to the designated location, applicable to small and medium-sized warehouses;

Goods-to-Persons: delivering the commodities to the picker through automated equipment. Applicable to large warehouses;

Hybrid mode: combining the advantages of person-to-goods and goods-to-person to realize efficient picking.

Analysis of the current situation of Picking System

Low efficiency of picking: most of the warehousing and logistics enterprises in China are still adopting the traditional manual picking, which is inefficient and prone to errors;

Informatization is not high: although some enterprises have introduced warehouse management systems, there are still information islands in the actual operation;

uneven quality of personnel: the picker's lack of business ability, affecting the overall efficiency of the picking;

insufficient investment in equipment: automation, intelligence Insufficient investment in equipment, difficult to meet the rapid development of business needs.

Picking System Efficiency Improvement Strategy

Optimization of Picking Paths: analyze order data to rationally plan picking paths and reduce duplicated and ineffective work;

Introduction of Automation equipment: adopt automated picking equipment, such as electronic label assisted picking, robot picking, etc., to improve picking efficiency;

Improve informationization: build an integrated warehouse management system to achieve real-time sharing of information on orders, inventory, logistics, etc.;

Training Employees: strengthen employee training to improve the business quality and operational skills of pickers;

refined management: implement zoning management, responsibility to the person to improve the level of on-site management;

incentive mechanism: set up a reasonable performance appraisal system to stimulate the motivation of employees.

Picking System Development Trend

Unmanned: with the development of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and other technologies, unmanned picking will become the future development trend;

Intelligent: Through big data analysis, intelligent allocation of orders, intelligent planning of paths and other functions can be realized;

Networked: build a nationwide warehousing and logistics network to achieve resource sharing and rapid response;

Environmentally friendly: use green picking equipment and technology to reduce energy consumption and pollution. and reduce pollution.

In short, improving the efficiency of Picking System is the key to reduce costs and improve service quality for warehousing and logistics enterprises. Enterprises should combine their own reality, learn from the industry's advanced experience, and constantly optimize the picking process to achieve the development of automation, intelligence, and network of warehousing logistics.