...Discussion Case: Jones Feed and Seed Jones Feed and Seed is a large regional warehouse that supplies agricultural products to retail stores. These products include pesticides that are used to treat animals and herbicides that are used to improve crops. For its warehouse operations, the company generally hires employees who have just finished high school. These employees work under the supervision of a more senior laborer, who is usually someone with about one year of experience working in the warehouse. The supervisor is in charge of interviewing job candidates and normally makes final hiring decisions. Job Description • Receive and count stock items and record data manually or using computer. • Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards. • Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors. • Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas. • Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment. • Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations. • Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities. • Keep records on the use and/or damage of stock or stock handling...
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...Review of Warehouse Receipt System and Inventory Credit Initiatives in Eastern & Southern Africa Final report commissioned by UNCTAD under the All ACP Agricultural Commodities Programme (AAACP) *The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations September 2009 CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .....................................................................................................................iii GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. iv GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. iv SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 Observations on the different approaches ......................................................................... 1 Policy conclusions and recommendations ........................................................................ 3 Specific proposals .....................................................................
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...Future of Warehouse Design being shaped by Warehouse Science The current scenario of Indian warehousing design is optimistic as it is fast picking up the western practices and technology. However there is still a wide disparity across the whole of India. Some warehouses which are owned by rich MNCs are of high standards, on the other hand, there are also many warehouses which are of low standards. Many warehouses in India are constrained by small spaces. Unlike large warehouses owned by MNCs in the USA and Europe have area of 250,000 to 1-million-square-feet, generally the large of warehouses in India are quite small in comparison, between 5,000 and 25,000 square feet. This is due to less demand, expensive land at the outskirts of a major city in India and difficulty to acquire large piece of lands due to many owners of a small pieces of land. In addition, the demand for storage of products is much lesser than compared to western countries. The warehouse structures are not properly Inefficient space utilisation is also a huge problem as many warehouses in India don’t have proper shelving system and the floors are dirty because it is not cemented. In addition, considerable number of warehouses lack the basic semi-automated equipment such as MHEs, conveyors, dock levellers, for movement of goods inside the warehouse. Fully - automated machines and systems are very rare to be found in India. Automatic sorting and automatic packaging systems (which include pouching, carton...
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...Lean Manufacturing in Milk Industry of Pakistan: An Analysis of a Distribution Warehouse. Nimra Masood1, Sara Shahid2,Muhammad Asim3 1 NUST Business School, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2 NUST Business School, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3 Center for Advance Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan. (1n_masood@gmail.com),(2ss_sjm6@yahoo.com)(3a007pk@yahoo.com) Abstract – This Paper aims to apply Lean Manufacturing Tool to the Distribution Center of a Milk Industry in Pakistan. A survey to the Distribution Warehouse was made to identify different activities involved in the distribution process. A Process activity Map was Applied to further divided in to four main categories to indentify the effectiveness and efficiency of the whole process. Milk Industry is one of those industries which have its importance all over the world including Pakistan. The results indicate that there is a lot of room for improvement and expansion in the process. There is consistent increase in the need of milk in Pakistan with the Companies to benefit a lot from this region. The Findings suggested in this paper can help the milk manufacturers to effectively satisfy the customers and decrease the overall cost of production. Keywords – Lean Manufacturing, Process Activity Map, Distribution Warehouse of Milk Industry, Pakistan I. INTRODUCTION Milk industry is one of those industries which has its presence...
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...operates three factories from which it ships to regional warehouses or directly to large outlets. Last year, demand for Burn-Loc Products was 3.2 million “equivalent” cases, distributed as follows (in million cases) according to five sales regions: Atlanta Los Angeles Dallas Chicago New York Total 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.8 3.2 One-shift production capacity in each of the three plants was as follows (in million cases): Home City Branch No. 1 Branch No. 2 Total 1.2 0.7 1.5 3.5 Estimated freight costs ($/case) from each of the factories to each distribution center are as follows: Home City Branch No. 1 Branch No. 2 Atlanta 0.95 0.35 0.95 Los Angeles 1.05 1.80 1.80 Dallas 0.80 1.40 1.15 Chicago 0.30 0.80 0.80 New York 0.95 0.30 0.85 Not all shipments are routed through regional warehouses, but on average the freight cost on direct shipments to outlets was quite close to the cost which would have been incurred if the shipment had been routed through the servicing warehouse. Lockbourne followed a philosophy of decentralized management. Top executives favored this approach for a number of reasons. First, by enriching the experience of subordinate managers, it provided better training for ultimate top management responsibility. Second...
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...Applying Lean Concepts in a Warehouse Operation Frank Garcia Partner ADVENT DESIGN CORPORATION What We’ll Cover Basic Lean Concepts for Warehouse Improvement Using Value Stream Maps: Current & Future State Implementing Process Improvements Case Study Using and Ongoing Application (Pork Producer) WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE? • • • • • Too many people Excessive material handling Inventory inaccuracies Don’t ship the pounds No space!!!! Need to Expand! WAREHOUSE CHALLENGES Focus on Manufacturing. Warehouse is a box on the VSM Office & Info Flow Customer Demands Product pushed into warehouse & pulled by customers Warehouse Application of Lean Principles to an area that exists because of waste in the value stream or customer Production Suppliers demand/lead time Warehouse is the crossroads of conflicting requirements How Do We Use Lean Techniques for Warehouse Improvement? Assess the operation using a Value Stream Map and/or PFDs (Product families & Warehouse data) Involve the operators & supervisors Identify lean improvements & kaizens Question every activity! Treat the warehouse like a large staging area Develop justification Implement lean improvements using VSM plan Start the cycle again! Lean Manufacturing Fundamental Principle of Lean Manufacturing Any activity or action which does not add value to the product is a form of waste and must be eliminated or minimized. In the Warehouse Customer Pays for Shipping Everything Else Must Be Minimized ! What Do We Need...
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...been delayed. Workforce of Butt Lights: Title | Job Description | 1 Outlet Manager | * Receives the customer and acknowledges their purchase. * Supervise the shop workers. | 2 Shop Workers | * Help the customers look around the displayed lights. * Run to-and-from errands of outlet and warehouse. | 1 Warehouse Worker | * Receives the stock from supplier * Makes the manual receipt. * Retrieves products from inventory for customer. | Warehouse Manager | * Updates and maintains inventory records. * Supervise the warehouse worker. | Project Scope and Problem Statement The project’s scope is extended to one current shop of Butt Lights. However, the proposed automated system for inventory management can be applied to any manufacturing and retailing business. Following are the prevailing problems in Butt Light’s Inventory Management: * When the stock is received from the supplier, the transaction is not recorded in a proper standardized receipt. Instead, the “number of products” and “product category” is manually written on a piece of paper by the Warehouse Worker. Often the receipt is lost. * That piece of paper is forwarded to the Warehouse Manager who maintains a ledger for the stock maintenance and recording. He inspects the received stock, notes the details of products in the ledger. He...
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...has been serving the farms, dairy, and feed lots of this area with expert in agricultural, industrial, and commercial electrical services. Newman Electric is one of only a few Electric company in Clovis that services agricultural systems, controllers for the farms and dairy, feed lot companies around central New Mexico and West Texas. A few of the services that Newman Electric specialize in are irrigation equipment replacements, city systems, city controls for water, city mechanical Systems, and feed lots services. . At Newman, they take care of the customer and build a long standing relationship. Newman Electric includes the following personnel: 2-owners Gene and Cleaun Newman 1-manager 1-bookkeeper 1-receptionist 1-warehouse manager 6-electrician 1-assistant to the electrician Newman Electric is among only a few company that strive to improve the quality of the farm, dairy, and feed lot to improve what they can use specialize irrigation equipment to better they crops, cattle, and other product. With how the farm, dairy, and feed lot are staggering with the needs of better use of the lands, cattle, and product they have to have the right product or equipment working right....
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...PART 1 – Summary of Proposal System Title:Sales Inventory Management SystemProponents of the System:Name: Patrick Russel E. VergaraAddress: Area 1, Peacock St. Sitio Veterans, Brgy. Bagong Silangan, Quezon CityContact Details: 09107048473/4313335 and vergarapatrickrussel@yahoo.comDescription of the System: 1. Basic purpose of the system - Used in logistical systems such as warehousing, transportation, distributorships and supply management chains, an inventory management system is an automated system that keeps track of inventory on a regular basis. The system ensures that items marked for inventory and distribution are accounted for and that stock levels, quantities and costs are reasonable when requisitions for inventory are placed through the system by automatic or manual re-ordering. An inventory management system also keeps an audit trail of all transactions. 2. Benefits - The benefits of an inventory management system include accounts and inventory processing through automation, which reduces human error; various reports to analyze stock levels; quantities and transaction histories of items; and different models that can be used based on the type of organization or company adopting the inventory management system. 3. System’s fulfillment on the Institution’s mission - When a company purchases excessive inventory, it can lead to a higher stocking fee or cost that affects profitability. An inventory management system can prevent inventory excess and analyze a stock...
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...Warehouse by Ed Acker Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Last updated: 04-23-2008 Overview Warehouses, defined here, are facilities that provide a proper environment for the purpose of storing goods and materials that require protection from the elements. Warehouses must be designed to accommodate the loads of the materials to be stored, the associated handling equipment, the receiving and shipping operations and associated trucking, and the needs of the operating personnel. The design of the warehouse space should be planned to best accommodate business service requirements and the products to be stored/handled. The economics of modern commercial warehouses dictate that goods are processed in minimal turnaround time. The different types of warehouses include: * Heated and unheated general warehouses—provide space for bulk, rack, and bin storage, aisle space, receiving and shipping space, packing and crating space, and office and toilet space; * Refrigerated warehouses—preserve the quality of perishable goods and general supply materials that require refrigeration. Includes freeze and chill space, processing facilities, and mechanical areas; and * Controlled humidity (CH) warehouses—similar to general warehouses except that they are constructed with vapor barriers and contain humidity control equipment to maintain humidity at desired levels. Special-designed warehouses meeting strict requirements can also provide liquid storage (fuel and nonpropellants), flammable...
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...C. Capacity planning. Capacity planning is critical for an organization because it can affect an organization’s decisions on inventory as well as forecasting and thereby influence customers’ satisfaction. What’s more, Capacity planning involves long-term commitment of resources so that once implemented it is difficult or impossible to make any changes considering the major costs. In the case of Wegmans Food Markets, the capacity means the upper limit on the load that this market can sell during a certain period. Since Wegmans Food Market prides itself on fresh produce, predicting the capacity inaccurately such as overestimating the capacity will lead to a high volume of inventory. Some food such as eggs, milk and meat cannot be stored for a long while. If the market fails to sell out all of the food it purchased, it will afford high costs, reducing the competitiveness of the market. On the other hand, if Wegmans Food Markets underestimates its capacity, stock out will happen. Customers cannot find out what they want and as a result, they will seek another supermarket. Losing existing customers or a low customer satisfaction, both of them will cause a bad influence on an organization. Reference: Textbook, Chapter 5 e. Inventory management Although inventory can meet anticipated customer demand and smooth production requirements, inventory is a liability to an organization considering the decrease in value as well as the costs of carrying inventories. Therefore, every...
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...Introduction System Introduction For optimal sales and inventory management processes, you need robust functionality for managing your logistics facilities. Support for inventory management helps you record and track materials on the basis of both quantity and value. Warehouse inventory management functions cover internal warehouse movements and storage. Using this software we can reduce costs for warehousing, transportation, order fulfillment, and material handling – while improving customer service. You can significantly improve inventory turns, optimize the flow of goods, and shorten routes within your warehouse or distribution center. Additional benefits of inventory management include improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making. This software is user friendly and hence easy to use. Employees can plan, enter, and document warehouse and internal stock movements by managing goods receipts, goods issues, storage, picking and packing, physical stock transfers, and transfer postings. Problems In existing system As we know manual system are quite tedious ,time consuming and less efficient and accurate in comparison to the computerized system. So following are some disadvantages of the old system: 1. Time consuming 2. Less accurate 3. Less efficient 4. Lot of paper work 5. Slow data processing 6. Not user friendly environment 7. Difficult to keep old records Scope of Proposed...
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...Inventory Management System for small business Jim Shrestha Washington Adventist University, Takoma Park, Silver Spring, MD Abstract In this paper, I tried to illustrate the importance of inventory management system for small business. The term small business denotes to all those business which is family or person owned and donot have maximum revenue. This paper explains the idea, how to set up new inventory management system with minimal budget. As my paper focuses more on small business, I explain very common and effortless way of setting up new inventory management system. Most of the informations are extracted from different inventory management supplier’s official websites. With these information and some visual figures, I anticipate everyone can understand how setting up new inventory management system in their business can be more economical and time saving. Inventory Management System Inventory management system is the key term to the modern business era. Without a proper inventory management tools, a business cannot perform in it’s fullest. Simply it is the automated management method of business inventory where every purchase and sale are listed in an organised fashion. The systems ensure customers always have enough of what they want and balance that goal against a retailer's financial need to maintain as little stock as possible. Because mismanaged inventory leads to disappointed customers. That’s why this inventory management system has become...
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...SKU_Description LIKE '__d%'; 2.36 Write an SQL statement to display the WarehouseID and the sum of QuantityOnHand, grouped by WarehouseID. Name the sum TotalItemsOnHand and display the results in descending order of TotalItemsOnHand. SELECT WarehouseID, SUM(QuantityOnHand) AS TotalItemsOnHand FROM INVENTORY GROUP BY WarehouseID ORDER BY SUM (QuantityOnHand) DESC; 2.42 Write an SQL statement to display the SKU, SKU_Description, WarehouseID, Ware- houseCity, and WarehouseState of all items not stored in the Atlanta, Bangor, or Chicago warehouse. Do not use the NOT IN keyword. SELECT SKU, SKU_Description, INVENTORY.WarehouseID FROM INVENTORY, WAREHOUSE WHERE INVENTORY.WarehouseID=WAREHOUSE.WarehouseID AND WarehouseCity Except ('Atlanta','Bangor','Chicago'); 2.44 Write an SQL statement to produce a single column called ItemLocation that com- bines the SKU_Description, the phrase “is in a warehouse in”, and WarehouseCity. Do not be...
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...Proposal for Inventory Management and Point of Sale Systems (Public) Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction Details of the Plan Example Situation Finding a Solution What are the requirements? Inventory Management One Solution Cost Other Requirements Narrowing Down a Solution Solutions Researched Proposed Solution Other features & thoughts: Pricing Summary Introduction As you read this proposal, please consider the women at Haitian Creations. The goal is to empower them with knowledge and to share the good news with these ladies: “My name is Joseph and I am 23 years old. I have 2 children who are 6 and 3 years old. I was living on the streets. Now, I am able to live in a home. I have worked at Haitian Creations for one year. This program allows me to pay for my children's education. I am very thankful for Heartline giving me the opportunity to learn and work. One day I would like to study and be a nurse.” - Joseph Wideleine “My name is Nehimie and I am 27 years old. It is difficult to find work and I am very excited to be able to learn and make purses. This is my first job and I have worked at Heartline for one year. I enjoy making purses and other products with my hands. One day I would like to be a clothing fashion designer.” - Nehimie Ulysse Can we help more women like this? These are women that are working hard to bring themselves out of the oppressed lifestyle they are all too familiar with from before. When I visit the program I see them studying, writing...
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