1. Calculate the pallet floor space requirements for a warehouse given the data provided in the Excel worksheet.
The pallet floor space requirements are calculated as follows with the information provided.
Average pallet inventory 2441
Average unit inventory 732346
Peak pallet inventory 3051
Effective pallet storage capacity 2746
Required number of pallet storage locations 3231
Floor space requirements 87235.4
2. Multi-use warehouse in which cross-docking, case picking, and broken case picking operations occur.
WAREHOUSE LAYOUT In the above warehouse layout, I considered the space available to design as 100% and the percentage allotted for all the operations in the warehouse is given as follows:
Process Percentage of allotment …show more content…
In the above warehouse layout given, 9% of the space is allocated to each of these areas. They have got the second priority in warehouse design. The reason behind allocating them 9% of the space is because the items are immediately moved from receiving staging to the storage room. The stage is used only for loading and unloading purposes. Same with the sortation and shipping stage. Items/products are sorted in the sortation area and moved to the storage room. The items are loaded directly into the trucks at the shipping stage. Hence, the receiving staging and shipping staging should have enough room for trucks to load and unload the …show more content…
Evaluate the correct picking method.
Usage of technology to control orders.
Evaluation of storage equipment.
Need to try to automate the warehouse operations.
Our company is not an exception for the above mentioned steps. We designed the warehouse in a way that the SKU are placed in their designated places. A supervisor will be appointed to take care of picking methods and control orders. Employees are given proper training in handling the storage equipment.
In future, the company is planning to implement the totally automated warehouse.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
As per my opinion, it is very challenging to create responsive and competitive supply chain. The customers demand more and more from us and hence, it is very important to create a cost-effective supply chain which increases the levels of customer satisfaction.
Keeping this in mind, our company designed a warehouse in such a way that customers are never disappointed. Inventory management systems are designed to monitor item availability and also updating the purchasing schedules on a regular basis. This helps us to deliver the products/items in time to the
The pallet floor space requirements are calculated as follows with the information provided.
Average pallet inventory 2441
Average unit inventory 732346
Peak pallet inventory 3051
Effective pallet storage capacity 2746
Required number of pallet storage locations 3231
Floor space requirements 87235.4
2. Multi-use warehouse in which cross-docking, case picking, and broken case picking operations occur.
WAREHOUSE LAYOUT In the above warehouse layout, I considered the space available to design as 100% and the percentage allotted for all the operations in the warehouse is given as follows:
Process Percentage of allotment …show more content…
In the above warehouse layout given, 9% of the space is allocated to each of these areas. They have got the second priority in warehouse design. The reason behind allocating them 9% of the space is because the items are immediately moved from receiving staging to the storage room. The stage is used only for loading and unloading purposes. Same with the sortation and shipping stage. Items/products are sorted in the sortation area and moved to the storage room. The items are loaded directly into the trucks at the shipping stage. Hence, the receiving staging and shipping staging should have enough room for trucks to load and unload the …show more content…
Evaluate the correct picking method.
Usage of technology to control orders.
Evaluation of storage equipment.
Need to try to automate the warehouse operations.
Our company is not an exception for the above mentioned steps. We designed the warehouse in a way that the SKU are placed in their designated places. A supervisor will be appointed to take care of picking methods and control orders. Employees are given proper training in handling the storage equipment.
In future, the company is planning to implement the totally automated warehouse.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
As per my opinion, it is very challenging to create responsive and competitive supply chain. The customers demand more and more from us and hence, it is very important to create a cost-effective supply chain which increases the levels of customer satisfaction.
Keeping this in mind, our company designed a warehouse in such a way that customers are never disappointed. Inventory management systems are designed to monitor item availability and also updating the purchasing schedules on a regular basis. This helps us to deliver the products/items in time to the