Warehouse Management

OBJECTIVES:

• To help the students in explaining the significance of Warehousing.
• To provide timely customer service.
• To keep track of items so they can be found readily & correctly.
• To minimize the total physical effort.
• To minimize the cost of moving goods in & out of stage.

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UNIT I - INTRODUCTION WAREHOUSING

Introduction Warehousing – Basic Warehousing Decisions – Warehouse Operations – Types of Warehouses – Functions – Centralized & Decentralized – S rage Systems – Warehousing Cost Analysis – Warehouse Layout – Characteristics if Ideal Warehouse

UNIT II - INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Inventory: Basic Concepts – Role in Supply Chain – Role in Competitive Strategy – Independent Demand Systems – Dependent Demand Systems – Functions – Types _ Cost – Need for Inventory – Just in Time

UNIT III - INVENTORY CONTROL

Inventory Control – ABC Inventory Control – Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems – Distribution Requirement Planning – Bull Whip Effect – Using WMS for Managing Warehousing Operations

UNIT IV - MATERIALS HANDLING

Principles and Performance Measures Of Material Handling Systems – Fundamentals of Material Handling – Various Types of Material Handling Equipments – Types of Conveyors – Refrigerated Warehouses- Cold Chain- Agri SCM

UNIT V - MODERN WAREHOUSING METHODS

Modern Warehousing – Au mated S rage & Retrieval Systems & their Operations – Bar Coding Technology & Applications in Logistics Industry – RFID Technology & Applications – Advantages of RFID