Reference no: EM132588749

Economics Logistics

Project Name: Facilities Planning and Warehousing

What information would you need to determine the type of warehouse needed to store products:

1.A satisfactory site?

2. What items would need to be kept in stock, and the optimum stocking level of each?

3. What size facility is needed - both floor space (sq ft) and volume (cubic ft)?

4. An optimum system for locating items, so your employees will know where to put them when they arrive, and find them when they're needed?

Pertaining to number 4 above: You're anticipating the need for some sort of scanning system that identifies items as they arrive, keeps track of where they're located in the warehouse, and issues instructions for retrieving them. Most, but not all, of the items will arrive with some sort of computer-friendly label already affixed; however, the label doesn't necessarily provide all the information you might need, particularly for the items that are there on consignment. For those items, it would be nice to know to whom they actually belong. You're also interested in the possibility of generating barcode labels for customers, to be affixed to the sacks and cartons containing their orders. The delivery people could read those labels with hand-held devices, and receive real-time driving instructions that take traffic congestion and road closures into account. The three labeling options are UPC barcoding, RDIF tags (either single-use or reusable) or 2-D barcodes using one of the standard protocols.
Which of the three options would be best? Why? Explain.

In conclusion, you should give some thought to safety.

6.What are the minimum procedures you should put into place, to ensure that your warehouse workers (probably no more than one or two people) aren't exposed to unnecessary risks?

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