教学物流英语第四章.pptVIP

Chapter Four Warehousing and Distribution Management 4.1Introduction to Warehousing and Distribution Operation As one of the most important and time-cost parts of logistics process, warehousing an distribution operation may take 40%-50% of a company’s of total logistics time. Therefore, reliable warehousing and distribution operation is one of the key points for reaching customer satisfaction in today’s logistics management. Today’s industrial magazines an other media tend to use the terms warehousing, distribution, storage, an material handling to describe relevant industry or profession. Functions of Warehousing and Distribution Operation. Warehouse is a storage place for products. Principle warehousing activities include receipt of product, storage, shipment, and order picking. Warehousing is defined as the function of storing a variety of product types SKUs（Stock-Keeping Units）that have a small or large quantity of storage units. Distribution is the function of moving various products from your vendor’s facility or your manufacturing workstation (where the product was manufactured) to your company’s facility for storing the product, picking the product to your customer order requirements, and delivering the product to your customer’s facility or workstation in your manufacturing facility. WMS is the systems used in effectively managing warehousing business processes and direct warehousing activities, including receiving, put-away, packing, shipping, and inventory cycle counts. Also includes support of radio-frequency communications, allowing real-time data transfer between the system and warehousing personnel. They also maximize space and minimize material handling by automating put-away processes. The two major objectives of the warehousing and distribution are to improve profits and customer service. To achieve these objectives, your warehousing and distribution operations perform activities to maximize your storage (space or cube