Introduction to Warehouse

1. Warehouse

2. Types of Warehouse
Manufacturing Support Factory Retail Distribution Catalog Retailer
•Stock room providing raw
material and work in
process items to
manufacturing operations
•Contains many small
orders
•Only Statistical information
available about order
composition
•Stringent time
requirement for response
time
•Primary focus on response
time but accuracy and cost
also are important
•Interface production with
wholesalers
•A Comparatively small
number of orders are
picked up on daily basis
•Advance information
about the order
composition is required
•High focus on cost and
order accuracy
•Responsiveness heavily
depends on production
schedules
•Serves a number of captive
retail units
•Advance info about order
composition is needed
•Carton and item picking is
done from a forward area
•More orders per shift than
consolidation/shipping
lanes
•High focus on cost,
accuracy, and fill rate of the
packages
•Responsiveness depends
heavily on truck routing
schedules
•Fills orders from catalog
sales
•A large numbers of small,
frequently single –lines
orders are picked up
•Item and, sometime,
carton picking
•Daily compositions of
orders are usually unknown
•Only statistical information
available
•High focus is on cost and
response time

3. Warehouse Site Selection
 Availability of Transportation
 Infrastructure
Road
Power
Utilities
Water
 Skilled Manpower
 Government Regulations
 Strategic Factors-monitoring & control, pre-determined sites, future
Plans
 Environmental Factors

4. Warehouse Management Process
 Inbound
 Dock / Unload
 Receipt of goods
 Put away
 Pick list Creation
 Order picking
 Packing Line
 Dispatch
 Documentation

5. Warehouse Strategic Questions?
 What is the need for the Warehouse?
 What business is it catering to?
 Where should the warehouse be located?
 Is the warehouse location well connected?
 Is there good telecommunication connection?
 What should be the size of the Warehouse?
 What should be the height?
 How many bays should the Warehouse have?
 What are the markets or locations that the Warehouse would be catering
to?
 What should be the stocking policies?
 What should be the replenishment policies?
 What should be the Health and Safety policies?
 What should be the Security arrangements?