Cherry pick replenishment overview

Cherry pick replenishment is the process of:

• Consolidating multiple replenishments onto one pallet
• Moving the pallet to a pick area of the warehouse
• Replenishing individual cases from the pallet into corresponding pick locations.

  Replenishment refers to re-stocking a fixed pick location. Without cherry pick replenishment, a forklift operator must individually do each replenishment task. With cherry pick replenishment, the picker can retrieve multiple replenishments onto a pallet or container for delivery to a stocker, who then puts them away into their respective pick locations.

A special piece of equipment called a cherry picker is used to access cases from multiple reserve locations in high-level racking. The cases are placed on a pallet that is placed at the end of an aisle when full. Another separate piece of equipment, often a standard forklift, is used to take the pallet to a pick area and drop it there. From that point, the cases are manually loaded into the pick locations. In some cases, the cherry picker can take the pallet directly to the stocker location.