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A Warehouse Visit
- 1. A Warehouse Visit By, Kaarshini Bhandari B.VOC (RM & IT)-( 2014-17) St. Francis college for women
- 2. Acknowledgement I wouldlike to thank Mr. Anthony Mahendra Sir , Suresh Padhi Sir to accompany me to the warehouse & give me an insight about what actually a warehouse is & how it is eminent part of retail industry . I would like to thank Arul Sir , who guided us throughout warehouse & patiently answered all my questions and even shared his no. with us to clear all out doubts . Lastly I would like to thank Dr. Subi Varghise ma’am to give us this opportunity .
- 3. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Warehouse Warehousing Need for warehousing Types of warehouse Characteristics of ideal warehouse Functions of warehouse Advantages of warehouse WMS
- 4. Contents Chapter 2: Reliance Retail Limited Vision Mission Food safety policy Quality policy A visit to CPC ( reliance )
- 5. Contents Chapter 3:RelianceWarehouse Introduction to kondlakoya branch operations performed Security check Receiving dock Weight check Visual check Bar coding & scanning Stored Allocation Scanning Dispatch
- 6. Contents • Procurement &sale of goods • Arrival quality inspection area • Minor & major defect area • Ripening of banana • Cold storage • Abbreviations
- 7. Contents Chapter 4:Annexure Chapter 5: Conclusion
- 8. Introduction We needdifferent types of goods in our day-to-day life . We may buy some of these items in bulk & store them in our house . Similarly businessman also need those items throughout the year without any break . These kind of items are stored in a special place called WAREHOUSE .
- 9. Warehousing Warehouse involvesstorage of goods / items required ( both finished & raw materials) . Storage involves proper arrangement for preserving goods from time of their production or purchase till the actual use . When this storage is done on a large scale & in a specified manner it is called WAREHOUSING.
- 10. Need for Warehousing Seasonal production Seasonal demand Large scale production Quick supply Continuous production Price stabilization
- 11. Types of Warehouse Private Warehouse Public Warehouse Government Warehouse Bonded Warehouse Co-operative Warehouse
- 12. Characteristics Of Ideal Warehouse Located at convenient place Mechanical & technologically forward Adequate space Preservation of perishable & non perishable goods Protection from – sunlight rain wind dust moisture & pests Parking space Security Fire fighting eqipment
- 13. Functions of Warehouse Storage of goods Protection of goods Risk bearing Financing Processing Grading & branding Transportation
- 14. Advantages of Warehousing Protection and preservation of goods Regular flow of goods Continuity in production Convenient location Easy handling Useful for small businessmen Creation of employment Facilitates sale of goods Availability of finance Reduces risk of loss
- 15. WMS A warehousemanagement system is a key part of a supply chain management & primarily aims to control the movement & storage of materials within a warehouse & process the associated transactions , including shipping , receiving , put away & picking. The systems also direct & optimize stock put away based on real time information about the status of bin utilization . A WMS monitors the progress of products through the warehouse . It involves the physical warehouse infrastructure , tracking systems & communication between station .
- 18. Vision F.R.E.S.H- Receivefresh – Supply fresh F: Foster farm to fork food supply chain R: Raising continuously quality & food safety standards E: Enforcing best practices at own & supplier sites & Empowering S: Supplier , Service providers & Staff by
- 19. Mission We shallaim at ever improving performance in performance in receiving & supplying fresh food through . ◦ Customer centric approach (customer ) ◦ Motivated & empowered manpower (people) ◦ Optimized operations through delivery of zero defect & sale food first time every time (operations ) ◦ optimum use of resource ( finance )
- 20. Food safety policy We shall ensure that Fresh food is protected during its journey from farm to fork. Bio logical Chemical Physical hazards Through , proactive interventions at own & suppliers sites ; Investment in training & education of all along the supply chain Alliance with farmers , middle-men, food handlers & internal customers . Total companies with statutory & regulatory requirements .
- 21. Quality policy Weshall , Clearly understand & accurately internalize customer requirements in order to improve on time delivery , F&V , quality , rating , picking & delivery accuracy; Motivate & empower people to improve morale & reduce arrition ; Demonstrate commitment to improve productivity , food safety & quality; Strive continuously to reduce operating cost & supply chain losses .
- 22. A visit toreliance CPC unit With a vision to generate inclusive growth & prosperity for farmers, vendor partners , small shopkeepers & consumers . Reliance retail limited(RRL), a subsidiary to reliance industry limited(RIL) , was set up to lead reliance groups foray into organized retail. Since its inception in 2006 RRL has grown into an organization that caters to millions of customers , thousands of farmers & vendors . Based on its core growth strategy of backward integration , RRL has value chain starting from the farmers to the end
- 23. Reliance fresh isthe convenience store format which forms part of the retail business of reliance industry of India . Reliance plans to invest in excess of 25,000 crores in the next 4 years in their retail division the have more than 730 stores in country &they sell fruits , vegetables , staples , groceries , fresh juice , dairy , etc .
- 24. Floor map ofCPC - Kondlakoya
- 25. Introduction to CPC Reliance city processing unit is the official warehouse of RRL. With third party logistics named swarnalatha enterprises . Located in kondlakoya village , Medchal . 56000 square feet ( 40,000 sq ft . for storage of fruits & vegetables & 16sq ft. for dairy products) 4 collection centers – Turkapally , Moinabad , Shankarapally & Kondlakoya . They even buy merchandise from wholesale market if need arises.
- 26. Operations performed atCPC- Kondlakoya
- 27. Security check Oncewhen the stock arrives the warehouse , firstly the documents are checked by the watchman at the gate . If the papers match with the prior information given to him the truck is allowed in with conformation note .
- 28. Receiving dock Whenthe stock passes further from security it is received by the receiving dock . Here the goods are received , data entry is done by the operator . The information about merchandise is entered .
- 29. Weight check Oncethe stock is received the stock is weighted to find out if any shrinkage or informality in the merchandise received . If there are informalities they are then and there rejected either they are sent to the next section .
- 30. Visual check (grading& branding) The goods are visually checked , from every lot of merchandise received certain number of crates are taken for sample checking . This area where samples are checked is called “ arrival quality inspection are “ . The goods are graded into 3 categories then . The goods which pass all arrival inspections they are sent as “ fit for straight away sell” or with minor & major defects .
- 32. Bar coding &Scanning Once the goods are selected to be sold they are bar coded . There is a new system of bar coding the crates in which vegetables and fruits and other items are kept are bar coded . Then they are scanned and are further sent for storing .
- 33. Stored Once goodsare scanned & bar coded properly they are stored according to the requirement of goods as ice cream are stored in refrigerated room less than -18 degree Celsius and apples between 2-4 degree Celsius .
- 35. Allocation or Staging Before the invoices for dispatch are prepared and the merchandises are scanned they are staged / allocated according to the 47 stores they are to be sent . In kondlakoya branch they have a special place which are tagged with the names of stores . This makes it easy to recognize which stores merchandise is it & we can avoid mistakes .
- 36. Scanning The goodsare once staged then they are scanned and the required documents are prepared and then rechecked .
- 37. Dispatch The documentsand invoices made are checked properly and are handed over to the transport person . According to the merchandise the transport is allocated and the merchandise is dispatched .
- 38. Few sections interesting– in detail
- 39. Procurement and saleof goods Procures perishable goods . The procurement is done from agents and dealers . The goods are procured from mandi & national sourcing when required . The order should be placed minimum 48 hours ago. The sale of goods is done through retailers & reliance fresh outlets .
- 40. Arrival quality inspectionarea Once the goods are procured from receiving dock they are sent to the arrival quality check area . the procured goods are checked and graded in three grades ◦ A grade - no defect ◦ B grade - minor defect ◦ C grade - major defect
- 41. A gradegoods are the flow through goods which can be sold directly . B grade goods have minor defects and if 15% of them is defected they are rejected . C grade goods are major defected goods and if 5% of goods are defected they are rejected . ***the information is taken from “fruit & vegetable specification book of reliance retail limited 2011-2012 ”
- 43. Ripening of Banana 1.The bananas are bought in plastic crates in perforated plastic covers . 2. The room temperature is set to 18 degrees after the temperature of bananas is also the same temperature 5% of ethylne gas and 95% of hydrogen gas is released in the chamber for 40- 45 minutes . 3. the chamber is then sealed for 24 hours . 4. Next day the chamber is opened for 10 minutes and then it is sealed for 3 days . How ever in every 24 hours they are checked once. 5. All 4 days the humidity is maintained at 18 degrees Celsius . 4th the day the bananas are ripened .
- 44. Cold storage Ahome for many perishable goods is cold storage section . Apples , kiwis ,cheese and ice cream . There are different cold storage units ◦ 2 -4 degrees –for imported apples ,cheese , kiwi ,etc ◦ -18 degrees – for ice creams .
- 46. Abbreviations CPC –City Processing Centre NRR – Non Reliance Retail RR - Reliance Retail CCP – Critical Control Point CM – Certified Machine PV – Physical Verification FCE – Fruit Control Equipment Machine VAP – Value Added Process DEO – Data Entry Operator BOPT – Battery Operated Pallet Truck FFSC – Fresh Fruit Supply Chain
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- 54. Conclusion The visitto warehouse was a eye- opener we learned many new things about warehouse . The term Warehouse was very basic for me I thought it as just a place used for storage , but after the visit I have understood it is a place where many processes take place . It is eminent part of retail industry and surely is an employment seeker .