Warehousing and warehouse management

1. WAREHOUSING &
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
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2. WAREHOUSING
• Warehousing is the act of storing goods that will be sold or distributed later. While a
small, home-based business might be warehousing products in a spare room,
basement, or garage, larger businesses typically own or rent space in a building that is
specifically designed for storage.
• Warehousing provides time and place utility for raw materials, industrial goods &
finished products, allowing firms to use customer service as a dynamic value-adding
competitive tool.
• Warehouse is a place where supply chain holds or stores goods.

3. WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
• Warehouse management refers to the various processes related to maintaining and
controlling a business’ warehouse such as shipping, receiving, put-away and picking of
goods.
• A warehouse management system monitors the progress of products through the
warehouse, it involves physical warehouse infrastructure, tracking systems, and the
communication between product stations

4. PRINCIPLES OF WAREHOUSING
• Design criteria
• Handling technology
• Storage plan

5. FUNCTIONS OF WAREHOUSING
• Receiving goods
• Preparation of records
• Identification
• Storing
• Packing
• Information about receipts
• Breaking the bulk
• Search the goods
• Delivery of goods

6. TYPES OF WAREHOUSES
• Private warehouses
• Public warehouses
• Contract warehouses

7. REASONS FOR WAREHOUSING
• To support the company’s customer policy
• To maintain a source of supply without interruptions
• To achieve transportation economies
• To support changing market conditions and sudden changes in demand
• To support any JIT(just-in-time) programs
• To provide customers with the right mix of products at all times and all locations

8. FACTORS FOR IDEAL WAREHOUSES
• Convenient location
• Availability of mechanical appliances to load and unload goods
• Adequate space
• Cold storage facilities
• Proper arrangements for protection
• Sufficient parking space
• Round the clock security arrangements
• Latest fire fighting equipments

9. AUTOMATION IN LOGISTICS
• Logistics automation is the application of computer software or automated
machinery to improve the efficiency or logistics operations. Typically, this refers to
operations within a warehouse or distribution center, with broader tasks undertaken
by supply chain management systems and enterprise resource planning systems
• Logistics automation systems can powerfully complete the facilities provided by
theses higher level computer system, the biggest benefit of automation is that it
saves labor, however, it is also used to save energy and materials and to improve
quality, accuracy and precision

10. REASONS FOR AUTOMATION IN
LOGISTICS
• Less labor force
• Competition in market
• E-commerce trends

11. BENEFITS OF LOGISTICS
AUTOMATION
• Incoming goods can be marked with barcodes and the automation system notified of the
expected stock. On arrival, the goods can be scanned and thereby identified, and taken
via conveyors sortation systems, and automated cranes into an automatically assigned
storage location.
• On receipt of orders, the automation system is able to immediately locate goods and
retrieve them to a pick-face location.
• Combining knowledge of all orders placed at the warehouse the automation system can
assign picked goods into dispatch units and then into outbound loads. Sortation systems
and conveyors can then move these onto the outgoing trailers.
• If needed, repackaging to ensure proper protection for further distribution or to change
the package format for specific retailers/customers.

12. LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING
• Logistics outsourcing can be defined as the strategic use of outside parties to perform
activities traditionally handled by internal staff and resources
• In simple words it can be defined as working with a supplier to provide a function or
service that isn’t part of an organization’s core competence

13. REASONS FOR OUTSOURCING
• Access to greater expertise
• Cost reduction
• Flexibility
• Less capital expenditure
• Reduction in management time
• Risk reduction
• Service level improvement