Understanding Goods Storage is "Placing goods in a condition waiting for the order or be prepared for further processing. Storage carried out in accordance with the characteristics of the goods. "
Inside the storage activity of this stuff there are 2 important points that can not be separated from one another:
• Placing items in the waiting condition
• Characteristics of goods
Placing goods in a condition wait; means the goods are conditioned to be in one unit of time and over in the waiting process for the goods to remain "alive" it must be placed in conditions that meet the characteristics of the goods. Characteristics of goods; depending on the type of goods stored and must be adapted to conditions of storage. For example, the room cold storage required to store the fruit / vegetables, while for the packaging of food items can be stored in normal temperature (ambient).
Put Away and Let Down
Process put away and the let down is usually done for storage that uses a high shelf. Put Away is an activity that has been the placement of goods in check (in accordance with the document) and have been listed into the system to the place of storage of goods safely and in accordance with the location while Let Down is the activity taking goods from a storage location to location picking face (preparation of items) in accordance with the location of origin, destination location and the exact quantity
Put Away can be done in 2 ways:
• Direct the put away
• Directed put away
If a warehouse does not have a Warehouse Management System ( WMS), the put away / letdown can be done by hand:
1. Determine the storage area according to the group / type of goods
2. Put items that frequently exit / entrance near the exit / entrance
3. Record the location where the goods are placed
4. If necessary, specify the staff who handle goods for each group / type of goods
5. Complete with pest control, temperature monitor and make sure there are no leaks in the roof of the warehouse
In general, the put away / let down can be improved by:
1. Direct put away
- Put away directly into picking or storage location
- Reducing the accumulation of goods and inspection activities
2. Directed put away
WMS storage location will provide direction and carried out by operators.
3. Batched and sequenced put away
Goods will be aggregated into aggregated to the put-away per zone in the Warehouse and per location.
4. Interleaving
The combination of a put away and let down
Wrong is the error that occurred in the field, but because of errors they will continue to happen, then it is deemed 'misleading' (ordinary).
Some misguided to be avoided in your warehouse in the process put away / let down of them:
1. Location of the remote location, place just the nearest place
2. Pallet clashed,
3. Picking a face full, the rest fell letdown
4. No forklifts,
5. Confirm document before the put away put away
6. Lazy noted, (guaranteed) obtained poor
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