1.
Serration- this enable goods coming into a warehouse to be sorted
in to specific customer orders immediately on arrival. The goods then go
directly to order collation.
2.
Packing and shipping- picked goods as per the customer order are
consolidated and packed according to customer order requirement. It is shipped
according to customer orders and respective destinations.
3.
Cross- docking- move products directly from receiving to the
shipping dock- these products are not at all stored n the specific locations.
4.
Replenishing- this is the movement of goods in larger order
quantities for example a whole pallet at a time from reserve storage to order
picking to ensure that order picking locations do not become empty. Maintaining
stock availability for order picking is important for achieving high levels of
order fill.
1.7 Activity
profiling
Warehouse
activity is primarily divided in to two activities
·
Item activity profile
·
Order activity profile
Order activity profile includes
Order
activity profile includes
·
Order mix distribution
·
Lines per order distribution.
·
Cube per order distribution.
·
Lines and cube per order distribution.
Order Mix
distribution
Variety of order mix distribution that are helpful plotting
warehouse operating strategy. Three are considered the most helpful are the
family mix distribution, the handling unit distribution and the order increment
distribution.
Family mix
Distribution
In many cases operating strategy of the warehouse is dictated by
the order mix- the extent to which orders require items from multiple families
of items. If the orders are pure means only one of the item then it is early
indicator that zoning the warehouse will create a small warehouse within the
warehouse will ensure the goods productivity and customer service.
Example of family
Mix Distribution
Items A which carry more volume and weight has to be considered as
Flat stock item B Which is less volume and weight than the item A named as cut
stock item C which is less volume and weight than the item B named as envelope.
Example
·
Rice
Bags - Flat Stock
·
Milk powder
Tin- Cut Stock
·
Tissues - Envelope.
Assign the
materials in warehouse or retail outlet, zone the warehouse by these three item
families. If the customer orders are mixed then in pallet building we would
start with flat stock the cut stock and put the envelope stock on top of that.
If that is this way we will have to travel across those zones or pass a pallet
from one zone to the next. Zoning the warehouse by item family yield good
productivity customer service and increase storage density performance.
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