物流英语unit_6_wh教材教学课件.ppt

Warehousing management Definition: part of a firm’s logistics system that stores products (raw materials, parts, goods-in-process, finished goods) at and between points of origin and point of consumption. Warehousing and transportation are substitutes for each other. Tradeoff of warehousing: a new layer of costs shorter-haul transportation versus quicker response greater convenience. Why is warehousing desirable? Regrouping function in quantities and assortments: Accumulating (bulk-making): bring together similar stocks from different sources Allocating (bulk-breaking): break large quantities into smaller ones Assorting: build up a variety of different products fro resale to particular customers Sorting: separate products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets Why is warehousing desirable? 2. Patterns of production and consumption do not coincide and warehousing serves to match different rates of flow. eg: canned fruit 3. Storage for surplus purchase 4. Value-added services: assembly, light-manufacturing, product testing, affixing state tax stamps, repackaging and labeling Design considerations in warehousing P304 top and side views of distribution center General considerations: To use common sense. eg Prior to designing the quantity and character of goods must be known. eg Different purposes of storage or distribution affects the space layout. eg A trend of cross-docking Definition: a process where a product is received in a facility, occasionally with other products going to the same destination, then shipped at the earliest opportunity, without going into long-term storage. It emphasizes pallet loads of products. P307 Tradeoffs in warehousing design Tradeoffs must be made among space, labor, and mechanization. Product profiling: products’ physical handling properties the volume and regularity of movement the frequency of picking fast or slow moving A case of a pharmaceutical distributor Tradeoffs in warehousing design Fixed versus vari