warehouse management

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1、WarehouseManagementIsitonlyastoragefacility?Awarehouseistypicallyviewedasaplacetostoreinventory.However,inmanylogisticalsystemdesigns,theroleofthewarehouseismoreproperlyviewedasaswitchingfacilityascontrastedtoastoragefacility.2ASampleWarehouseVideo3BenefitsofWarehousin

2、gConsolidationShipmentconsolidationisaneconomicbenefitofwarehousing.Withthisarrangement,theconsolidatingwarehousereceivesandconsolidatesmaterialsfromanumberofmanufacturingplantsdestinedtoaspecificcustomeronasingletransportationshipment.Thebenefitsaretherealizationofthe

3、lowestpossibletransportationrateandreducedcongestionatacustomer'sreceivingdock.4ConsolidationWarehouses5ConsolidationWarehouses…Theprimarybenefitofconsolidationisthatitcombinesthelogisticalflowofseveralsmallshipmentstoaspecificmarketarea.Consolidationwarehousingmaybeus

4、edbyasinglefirm,oranumberoffirmsmayjointogetheranduseafor-hireconsolidationservice.Throughtheuseofsuchaprogram,eachindividua1manufacturerorshippercanenjoylowertotaldistributioncostthancouldberealizedonadirectshipmentbasisindividually.6BreakbulkwarehousesBreakbulkwareho

5、useoperationsaresimilartoconsolidationexceptthatnostorageisperformed.Abreakbulkoperationreceivescombinedcustomerordersfrommanufacturersandshipsthemtoindividualcustomers.Thebreakbulkwarehousesortsorsplitsindividualordersandarrangesforlocaldelivery.Becausethelong-distanc

6、etransportationmovementisalargeshipment,transportcostsarelowerandthereislessdifficultyintracking.7Breakbulkwarehouses…8Processing/PostponementWarehousescanalsobeusedtopostpone,ordelay,productionbyperformingprocessingandlightmanufacturingactivities.Awarehousewithpackagi

7、ngorlabelingcapabilityallowspostponementoffinalproductionuntilactualdemandisknown.Forexample,vegetablescanbeprocessedandcannedin"brights"atthemanufacturer.Brightsarecanswithnopre-attachedlabels.9Processing/Postponement…Theuseofbrightsforaprivatelabelproductmeansthatthe

8、itemdoesnothavetobecommittedtoaspecificcustomerorpackageconfigurationatthemanufacturer'splant.Onceaspecificcustomeror