1. ANALYSIS OF TAPAL TEA WMS
Group Members:
Adeel Armaan Zaidi
Fahad Khalid
Presented to:
Sir Zulfiqar Ahmed Farhan
2. Introduction of Tapal Tea
Established in 1947
Multiple Tea brands
TAPAL danedar
Family mixture
Mezban
Tezdum
Shades of Green
Tapal Special
Beverages (Ice Tea)
3. Warehouse network in Pakistan
TAPAL has 6 main warehouses in Pakistan which are
located in the following cities.
KARACHI
HYDERABAD
FAISALABAD
SUKKHUR
MULTAN
RAIWIND
4. ERP used by Tapal Tea
Tapal tea uses Warehouse Management System (WMS) a
module
of SAP for their warehouse operations across Pakistan.
A comprehensive Warehouse Management System helps
streamline multiple functions of your Warehouse. i.e.
Receiving
Put-away
Picking
Packing
5. Need of WMS in Tapal Tea:
Following are the operations that arises the need of WMS
in
Tapal Tea
Timely Storage in Racking system
Damages of cartons
Active and efficient dispatches
Pilferage doubt
Immediate Receiving at Dock
Identification and traceability of stock
Stock movement within the warehouse
FG Stock Aging
Daily stock verification
6. WMS in Tapal Tea
Implemented SAP suite WMS in year 2011
Go Life in May 2013
Previously Tapal use Oracle
Management’s concept using Oracle was to
emphasis on Finance & HR
Whereas SAP is strong in manufacturing
WMS is the right option for warehouse
management
7. Advantages for the WMS users:
WMS can help Decision makers to access an instant
picture of:
How much inventory exists in the warehouse
How many orders are currently being shipped?
What are the stages of processing of pending orders?
Staff productivity details
Goods shipped by the warehouse over any given period
of time.
8. Benefits of WMS in Tapal Tea
After the implementation of WMS, the
management
of Tapal tea have been facilitated by various
benefits
in terms of Inventory management, space
utilization,
usage of MHE as well as human resource
productivity
10. Visibility
Visibility of inventory &
orders not available
Decision making was done
on primary information
Under / over stocking due
to no digital authentic
record
Manager access to
customer queries.
Clear information on one
window
ASN helps further order
process.
WH activities can be
tracked, reported,
monitored & controlled.
Visible to all authorities &
who willing to see.
Beneficial for multiple
located warehouses &
sales offices
Before WMS After WMS
11. Accuracy
Orders accuracy was not
controlled
Right order to the right
customer was complicated
Shipping accuracy was a
challenge
System keeps an intensive
check of the goods or an
SKU meant for different
customers
System visibility increases
time efficiency
Sudden orders can be
treated easily by shipping
accuracy
Before WMS After WMS
12. Inventory holding cost
Controlled & streamlined inventory flow in profitable &
productive manner
Payback period is short as 60% organization’s working
capital is tied
Results of such savings are immediate and apparent
After WMS
13. Optimized storage
Multiple products storage
is done manually
Orders making is inefficient
due to human errors
Throughput of inventory
was difficult to monitored
properly
System identify the storage
of multiple SKU’s
Error less picking of
inventory due to system
directed
All SKU’s are stored
dedicatedly
System identifies the need
of inventory in SKU’s
anywhere from the
warehouse
Before WMS After WMS
14. Optimum usage of MHE’s
Receiving & put away becomes system
directed
Interleaving another option for efficient
usage of MHE
System identifies the maintenance of MHE’s
After WMS
15. Warehouse ops Accuracy &
Speed
Inefficiency in time
management due to manual
data input
Right order to the right
customer is a challenge
Inventory demand
completion is time taken
Operator's task made easy
and data input process
becomes fast
Programs like Locating and
Pulling are especially
designed to run on hand-
held radio frequency
terminals
Emphasis on scanner
based data input
System directed WH
activities increases the
speed as well as accuracy
Before WMS After WMS
16. Order processing
Only one order can be
processed at one time
Customer orders suffered
due to no visibility of
inventory
Delays in orders receiving
& completion
More than one order can be
processed at any given
time
Order processing ease
through visibility of
inventory available
Ease in data entry of orders
Time efficiency helps in
better resources utilization
Before WMS After WMS
17. Optimal level of Inventory
In an average business around 60% of the working
capital is tied down in the inventory
Warehouse should maintain optimal level of inventory
avoiding both under and over stocking
WMS not only streamlines the flow of inventory but
also tracks the inventory at various levels of
processing
Avoid Under & Over stocking through system directed
decision making
After WMS
18. Order & Stock Planning
Order & Stock planning not
easy in a non-automated
warehouse
Need of multiple SKU’s not
clearly visible
Identifying key suppliers is
difficult
WMS determine how much
inventory exists in the
various stages of processing
unlike in non-automated
warehouse management
Policy decision to be taken
about the reliability of the
suppliers
Sales dept can determine
how much inventory is
available and can relate
better to the warehouse staff
thus improving Customer
Relationship levels
Before WMS After WMS
19. Better Revenue realization
Companies often loose considerable amount of
revenue due to:
Excessive/under stocking
Over/under shipping to customers.
Wrong consignments.
Inaccurate billing.
Delay in order processing leading to order
cancellation.
WMS helps in controlling these losses to a large
extent.
After WMS
20. Resource Planning &
Productivity
By keeping track of the operator's and staffs' activities, their
productivity can be monitored
Technical personnel hired for WMS so they help increasing
others knowledge
Trainings also increases productivity of work force
As a result all resources - Man, Machine, and Money are
utilized to their optimum level
After WMS
21. Conclusion
“After through analysis of situation, we have
achieved all the required activity trough
system generated document & New
warehouse orientation step by step jobs
created and given to time to time have been
Successfully completed conclude that proper
warehouse management system meet our
present requirement.”