Chapter 5
Chapter 5
CHAPTER-05
WAREHOUSING OF FAST AND SLOW MOVING ITEMS
Introduction
0501. This chapter covers the principles of good warehouse layout and design,
equipment selection and materials movement. It also covers the transactional
requirements needed to run an effective stores operation and the criteria for the
selection of a warehouse site.
Warehouse Design.
Number of
movements
Weight
Volume
Equipment
Staff
Handling Capacity
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e. Traditionally, one of the least efficient parts of the supply process was
the breaking of bulk loads carried on big trucks from suppliers, or having
suppliers deliver smaller mixed loads to individual dedicated multi-sized
vehicle fleet and warehouse transshipment facilities.
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0506. Warehouse Layout. The principles of good warehouse and stockyard layout
are applicable whatever types of items are stored. The design of the warehouse of
stockyard – and the way that materials are stored – can make a significant difference
to the cost of the warehouse operation by affecting the amount of losses through
damage, pilferage of lack of visibility. Response time to customer demand can also
be improved with an efficient warehouse layout.
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Transshipment
bay
Dock Storage locations Dock
levellers levellers
ADMIN.
UNPACKING &
INSPECTION
DISPATCH
FLOW
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STORES / STOCKYARD
LENGTH OF FLOW
SLOW MOVING
ITEMS
MEDIUM RATE
MOVING ITEMS
FAST MOVING
ITEMS
ENTRANCE EXIT
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Forklift
truck
Hand trolley
Pallet
truck
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0509. The principles of efficient and safe materials handling. Efficient and
safe material handling activities at warehouses should be planned based on the
following principles:
0510. Storage raking and layout for different categories of materials. The type
of handling equipment to be used in a store determines the height of racking that will
be used. Forklift trucks can store materials up to 10 meters high. Specialized high-
rise mobile picker-stacker machines can increase operational heights up to about 15
meters. Picker-stacker crease operational heights up to about 15 meters. Picker-
stacker cranes permanently mounted on heavy-duty pallet racks can operate up to
40 meters in height. The different types of systems are:
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Post pallets
Shelving
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Steel or
plastic
storage bins
Carousel
storage
unit
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a. Forklift trucks
b. Reach trucks
c. Picker-stackers
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Maximum
height
15m.
Pantograph
Reach truck
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0513. Highly automated handling equipment. Such capital intensive complex and
static systems can normally only be justified for mature industries situated in
countries with high labor costs with a high through out of expensive materials.
Maximum
height: 40 m.
Picker-
stacker
crane
Automatically
guided vehicle
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