Market and
product base stability
Long
– term market potential for growth and for how the product range may expand
will influence decisions on the size and location of a warehouse facility
including space prospective expansion. These considerations will also impact on
the perceived need for potential flexibility which in turn can influence
decision on the type of warehouse and the level of technology to be used.
Type of
materials to be handled
Materials handled can include raw materials WIP, OEM Auto part,
packaging materials and finished goods in a span of material types, sizes
weights, products lives and packers and movers hadapsar pune
other characteristics. The units to be handled
can range from individual small items through carton boxes, special storage
containers for liquids drums, sacks, and palletized loads. Special requirements
for temperature and humidity may also have to be met in the case of perishables
and all of these will impact on the type of warehouses and technology level.
Warehouse
Facility: type, size and location.
The
type of operation the design capacity and size of a warehouse and its location
will all be influenced if not directly determined by its exact role and
position in the supply chain network, and the role capacity and location of any
other facilities in the supply chain. The customer base, level of inventory,
the need for optimization of inventory, time compression in the supply chain
and the overall customer service levels should also be considered when deciding
on type, size and location. A further consideration here is whether the
warehouse facility should be an own- account operation run by the company or
outsourced and run by a 3PL.
Inventory
and Inventory location:
Within
a supply chain network there is an issue not only of what materials to stock
and in what quantities but also in what locations. Options can include
distribution centers devoted to specific markets or parts of the product range
distribution centers dedicated to serving specific geographic areas, or
regional distribution centers that hold for example the fast moving product
lines, with the slower packers and
movers in hadapsar pune lines held only in a Regional distribution center RDC. The option depends on such factors as
customer base, product range and service levels required.
The
options on the level of technology have already been noted , and the range can
go from very basic installations with high manual input and least mechanization to fully automated
and robotic installations.
The
decision can be influenced by
1
Company – wide strategic marketing or employment policies,
2
Financial considerations,
3
Ability to achieve specified degree of throughput, and
4
Required customer service level.
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