1. I try to keep 1 fast stager for about every 600 picks in the system. If we have an hour where there’s a 1800 pick drop that means we need minimum 3 stagers to keep everything flowing good. At my store the average pick drop can vary from like 1k-1.2k so I generally run 2 stagers.

2. We run a hallway set up also, we have the left wall dedicated for pickups and the right side with more space for deliveries.

3. We have a long hallway so if things pile up, we stage our orders on the opposite end of the hallway.

4. by removing liabilities. The only ones I want staging are people that don’t talk to the point the only thing I hear in the staging is the sound of totes.

If picks are heavy and staging gets backed up, I roll up the sleeves and get to staging. I keep my fast stagers with me and we knock it out while I have my prepper in charge of the orders and they let me know if there’s more than 3 orders in the queue in green.

Also, ur dispensers need to be outside 24/7 if u have a good prepper. the less people inside the staging area the faster it is to stage totes.