This is a good point, and something that had crossed my mind recently. I do think it's something my supervisor would have brought up when I discussed it with him however, so unless he's out of the loop (unlikely) I think there's a better possibility that they're just using a flawed model. I'm...
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. Do you mind running that simulation again with picker accuracy at 99% instead? I'm curious how much that changes the probability. Maybe even increase the sample to 200 or 300 pieces to see how that changes the results. The more of those...
A little backstory - I work in a warehouse where my job is to quickly and accurately pick products from the shelves to ship out to the stores. Recently, I've gotten a talking to from my supervisor regarding my accuracy. The standard here is that you must be at a 98% accuracy or you will get what...