Fungible parent container to improve the layout

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Think big and engineer a fungible parent container to improve the layout, absorbing the variation in cube of oversize and standard packages. The containers will be used as the final sortation, Associates moving the packages from a conveyor and into this container. Then, the same container is then staged, and loaded. In 2021, ABC network cube per package increased by 19% (0.37 to 0.54 cut/ pkg) with individual sites variation up to 0.28 cut/ pkg. This resulted in average pick cycle time increase of 9 minutes 31 seconds (+22%) directly contributing to late wave departures. The goal is to create a container that holds both oversize packages unsorted and standard packages that are sorted into bags. This container needs to absorb the variation of package cube, reducing the variation in downstream processes. As the Associate moves packages from the conveyor and sort directly in the same container that will be staged. Please ensure to include a high level model with fillin data. Provide diagrams or data visualizations to help you illustrate details if needed.

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