Movement Strategies: Return Strategy

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  • One-way passage through the tunnel with a return to the cross-passage
  • Significant reduction in travel distance with low picking density per aisle
  • Works best when combined with ABC zoning based on access frequency
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The Return Strategy for Minimizing Unnecessary Travel – Function and Variants

The return strategy describes a routing approach in which the picker enters an aisle only as far as required by the last pick location, then travels back along the same path. The strategy exists in two variants: in the variant without aisle repetition, each aisle is entered only once — the picker exits the aisle on the opposite side, provided the route allows for this. In the variant with aisle repetition, the picker travels back along the same path used to enter the aisle — each aisle visited is therefore traveled twice, which in practice represents the most commonly used form and achieves the greatest travel savings, particularly at low pick density. When is the return strategy appropriate?
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