Travel Distance

Total distance walked or moved by people, material or equipment during a process.

Examples

01A spaghetti diagram shows a travel distance of 3.2 km per shift for the picker in the spare-parts warehouse.
02During the layout review, travel distance for each role is measured on the floor, not estimated from the drawing.
03Moving the 50 fastest-moving items close to the packing table cuts travel distance by 45 %.