Topic 3 Packaging Material Handling.pptVIP

Order Management and Customer Service Give an example to illustrate the following statement: “The shorter and more consistent the order cycle is, the less inventory is needed by one’s customers.” Packaging Material Handling包装与物料搬运 Role of packaging in logistics Definition of packaging Packaging materials Bar coding Objectives of material handling Guidelines and principles Materials-handling equipment Role of Packaging A concern to marketing, production and legal: sales tactic, cost, transport and environmental rules/regulations Product information on the package: color codes, universal product codes, computer-readable tables, symbols and number codes Handling ease: 1. physical dimensions (package size); 2. package’s strength; 3. package shape Protection: contamination, water damage, temperature changes, pilferage, shocks and weight support / distribution in handling and transport Packaging designed to reduce tampering Definition of Packaging 1. Consumer / interior packaging – marketing 2. Industrial / exterior packaging – logistics Packaging Materials Cushioning materials (against shock, vibration, surface damage): shrink-wrap, air bubble cushioning, cellulose wadding, corrugated paper, plastics (EPS, PU, PE, foam-in-place) Video clips on packaging materials. Identify packaging materials Bar Coding A series of parallel black and white bars, both of varying widths, whose sequence represents letters or numbers. A bar code carries important information such as a shipment’s origin, the product type, the place of manufacture and the price. Bar code scanners: automatic and handheld Describe how bar code scanners work. Optical scanners emit light beams and translate the reflections bouncing off the black and white bars into electrical signals which the scanner records as binary digits of 1s and 0s. Material Handling Page 42 Objectives: Increase effective capacity of warehouse (focus on cubic / vertical space instead of floor/horizontal space) Minimize aisle space