Your Role in the Warehouse
Lesson 2 of 15 in Getting Started in the Warehouse · 25 minutes
Understand the different roles in a warehouse. Learn the names and duties of common warehouse positions and know which role matches your skills and interests.
What you'll learn
- Understand the different roles in a warehouse
- Learn the names and duties of common warehouse positions
- Know which role matches your skills and interests
From the lesson
A warehouse has many different roles. Each role is important to get products to the customer on time.
Picker — Pickers receive a list of items to collect. At Amazon, you use a scanner to find the item location. You walk or ride an order picker to the correct bin, scan the item, and put it in your tote or cart. Pickers need to be fast and accurate. At Amazon, this is called "picking" and you have a rate target called UPH (Units Per Hour).
Packer — Packers take the items that pickers collected and put them into shipping boxes. You choose the right box size, add bubble wrap or packing paper, print the shipping label, and seal the box. At Amazon, the system tells you which box size to use.
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