Design & Operations
Product features comprise of dimensions and weight, shelf life, packaging, temperature and a lot control requirements and risky material needs. The product, how it is received, service levels, the nature of users orders and conveyance mode are the key factors of distribution center layout and processes. How the item for consumption is received is crucial to both arriving activities productivity (dock to stock sequence duration) and space …show more content…
Short term prognoses offer information to define labor and space requirements over a short term preparation prospect. Longer term prognoses are employed for volume projections (e.g. equipment requirements, workforce and distribution center size.). Information technology is crucial in accomplishing delivery focus performance. Strategic Warehouse Management systems (SWM) directs where products should be located and offer the required role for the optimization and completion of shipping, storing, and receiving operations. Extra functionality may allow the employment of bar coding and hand held devices to enhance efficiency and minimize faults. Most Strategic Warehouse Management systems also comprise of inventory management functionality that allows the distribution center to have actual time data on the inventory details of all products in the distribution