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A facility providing for the efficient handling and
Warehouse or store storage of goods and materials in a planned space
environment
Raw materials, components
Stores and warehouses
Finished goods
hold
Goods returned by customers
A flat wooden struct ur w on which heavy goods are
Pallet placed and that allows forklift trucks to lift them and
move them easily
Location- located to minimise movement of stock as
much as possible
Basic principles of stores
Space- sufficient for storing and handling the volumes
and warehouse design
of items that flow through
Efficient operations
Create an effective warehouse that does everything it
Purpose of warehouse
should be expected to do
design
Support efficient warehouse operations
Choice of location should Minimise the movement of stock
have objective to Minimise costs
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Serve parts of a factory usually the production
Factory warehouse department, located as close to possible to the
department that use its services mostD
serve a number of retail outlets , a number of user
Distribution warehouse factory sites, or a number of customers often over
large area,
Serving all customers in all locations which has lower
Centralised warehouse
warehousing costs but higher transportation cost
Also known as primary transport this is the cost of
Long distance bulk
transporting stores and warehouse items from their
trunking
point of origin to the warehouse
Secondary transport is the cost of transporting goods
Local frequent delievered
from warehouse to customer
RDC Regional Distribution Center
Road
rail
Transportation methods
Air
Water
Space and equipment for storing items eg racking
and shelving
Space and equipment for accessing and moving items
What goes into a eg materials handling
warehouse Space for deliveries
Space for despatch
Packed area
Office space
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Make the best use of the available space
Avoid congestion
Optimum throughput speed
Objectives of good Access
warehouse design Minimise movement of stock and people
Minimise manual handling
Working conditions
Security and safety
Volumes
Space required depends Quantities
on the following factors Size
Special storage
Depends on the location of stock items to miniseries
efficient flow movement and the direct of movement to avoid
congestion
Items that tend to remain in store for relatively long
Slow moving items
time
Items that are held for only a short time before
Fast moving items
despatched
Category a High usage/fast moving items
Items that are delievered and despatched within a
Cross docking very short space of time , no point storing so there
may be cross docking area
Straight line through flow One way flow , one end to another
system
Recieving goods inwards is the same end as
U shape or horse shoe
despatching goods
Cross flow system Utilises fill width of warehouse
Total high of the building being used by high density
Using the cube
racking or the use of mezzanine floors
Normal width of aisle 2.5 metres
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Narrow aisles 1-5-2m
Based on the idea of condensing the space required
High density storage
for storage of items into less space:
Just in time, org arranges with suppliers for delivery of
JIT raw materials or components just in time they are
needed for operations
Why do stores and So their layout can be altered to meet shifting usage
warehouses need to be patterns eg If the company grows and produces more
flexible output
Stock codes Used to identify standard product items
Recognition
Adantages of using Shorthand
coding systems for IT system
standard SKUs Detect error
Prevent human error
Simplicity of a common language
Assists standardisation and variety reduction
Links with IT systems
Better recording analysis and reporting
Advantages of a stock
Assists buyers and suppliers to use common code
coding system
Publication of a classified stock list
Stores/stock location basis
Accuracy of selection, identification and picking of
stock
Company's own coding system
Manufacturers codes
Sources of product codes
Customers codes
Industry standard coding system
SKUs are given codes in a simple number sequence ,
Sequential coding scheme when a new SKU is added to inventory it is given the
new code number in the sequence
Each digit or group of disgusts within a code signifies
Significant coding
a particular characteristics of the stock item
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