This document presents information on the four ways that warehousing facilitates regrouping functions in a supply chain. The four regrouping functions are: 1. Accumulating (bulk making), which involves bringing together similar stocks from different sources. 2. Allocating (bulk breaking), which involves breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities for delivery to multiple destinations. 3. Assorting, which involves building up a variety of different products for specific customers. 4. Sorting out, which separates products into grades and qualities for different target markets. Warehousing facilitates these regrouping functions by accumulating products from different sources, breaking bulk shipments into smaller deliveries, assorting products

1. Date : 1 May 2018
Welcome to Our Presentation
On
Regrouping Functions
Chapter-1 :Introduction
GL006 Warehouse Management
Group Name : "We Four (4)”
Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Hye
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Sun Yun
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Zhang Peng
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Mati Ur Rehman
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2. Four ways that Warehousing Facilitates the Regrouping Functions 2

3.  Regrouping functions refer to the rearrangement of quantities and
assortments of goods as they pass through the supply chain.
 Regrouping function is facilitated by warehousing in a supply chain.
 There are four forms of regrouping function and they are-
If the introduction of warehousing
into a supply chain appears to result
in a net increase in the total cost of
conducting business, then why is
warehousing desirable?
One Important reason is that
warehouse and distribution centers
facilitate the regrouping functions in
a supply chain
Regrouping
Functions
Associated with
Quantity of Products
1.Accumulating
(Bulk Making)
2. Allocating
(Bulk Breaking)
Associated with
Product Assortment
3. Assorting
4. Sorting Out
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4.  Also referred to as Bulk Making
 Accumulating involves bringing together similar stocks from
different sources.
Within this arrangement, the
accumulating warehouse
receives and accumulate
materials from a number of
manufacturing plants destined
to a specific customer on a
single transportation shipment.
Figure 1 : Accumulating Functions for Dell Production Plant
Manufacturing Plant
A
(Mother Board)
Manufacturing Plant
B
(Graphics Card)
Manufacturing Plant
C
(CPU)
Accumulating
Warehouse
Dell
Production
Plant
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5.  Also referred to as Bulk Breaking
 Breaking Larger Quantities into smaller quantitates
 Break-Bulk Occurs when a warehouse receives a single large
shipment and arranges for delivery to multiple destinations
 A Break bulk Operations
receive combined customer
orders from manufacturer
and ship them to individual
customer.
 The Break bulk warehouse
sorts or splits individual
orders and arranges for local
delivery.
Klang Plant –
Massimo
Bread For
Distributor X,
Y and Z
Penang
Distributor (X)
Malacca
Distributor
(Y)
Sabah
Distributor (Z)
Klang
Warehouse
(Break Bulk
Functions)
Figure 2 : Break Bulk Functions of Massimo Bread at Klang warehouse
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6.  Building up a variety of different products for resale to particular
customer.
 Assorting warehouse usually has a broad product line
 Assorting warehouse held close to the source of Demand in order to
assure short customer lead time.
 An Assortment warehouse
stocks product combinations in
anticipations of Customer
Order.
 Example :An athletic
wholesaler can stock products
from a number of clothing
supplier so that customers can
be offered Assortments .
 The Assortments may
represent multiple products
form different manufacturer or
special assortments as
specified by customer
 Example: The wholesaler can
create a specific team uniform
including shirt, pants and
shoes.Figure 3 : Assorting Functions of warehouse for Team Uniform
Assorting
Warehouse
Customer P
Customer Q
Customer R
Customer S
Clothing Supplier A
for Manchester
United
Clothing Supplier B
for Barcelona
Clothing Supplier C
for Real Madrid
Clothing Supplier D
for Bayern Munich
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7.  Separating products into grades and qualities desired by different
target market.
 Example : Sorting of White egg and brown egg , Sorting Flakes of
Different brands.
 Sorting out involves
separating products into
different classes on the basis
of certain predetermined
standard relating size and
quality.
Figure 4 : Sorting out Functions of Poultry Products.
Poultry Firm A
For Brown Egg
Poultry Firm B
For White Egg
Sorting Out
Warehouse
Target Market A
For Brown Egg
Target Market B
For Brown and White Egg
Target Market C
For White Egg
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8.  Accumulating and Allocating refers to adjustments associated with the quantity of
product.
 Assorting and Sorting out refers to adjustment associated with product
Assortment.
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