Method of fulfilling orders in a warehouse with an order fulfillment area

摘要

Method of fulfilling orders in a warehouse with an order fulfillment area comprising the steps: -storage of slow-moving items in a first storage comprising mobile shelf units; -automated transportation of slow-moving items needed for order fulfillment on said mobile shelf units from said first storage to an unloading station, where at least one of the slow-moving items needed for a certain order is manually transferred into a receptacle; -if needed right away routing of said receptacles directly to picking stations, otherwise routing of said receptacles to a second storage and storage of the receptacles therein; -when all of the items to complete an order are available and/or are stored in sais second storage, retrieval of the receptacles containing items for fulfillment of the certain order and transport to one of said picking stations for specific item retrieval for fulfilling said certain order.