The traditional design of parallel aisles:

24 Jan. 2007, in a web cast sponsored by Warehousing Education and Research Council, a pair of professors will discuss 2 new approaches to aisle layout: the Gull Wing Aisle & the Fishbone Aisle & why they believe the layouts could decrease distances travelled by as much as 20%.

(a) Gull Wing Aisle

2 diagonal cross aisles originate from the same pickup-and-deposit point to make a ‘v' in roughly half of the total space, giving workers a straight-line advantage when traveling to and from some of the pick locations.

(b) Fishbone Aisle

This v-shaped cross aisle allows order pickers to travel to order picking storage areas as quickly as possible with its branch-like features.

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