INTEGRATED LOGISTICS UNIT – III-

INTEGRATED LOGISTICS-

WAREHOUSING: CONCEPT

Warehousing Elements

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Importance of WMS:

  • Inventory Control and Management
  • Centralized Location
  • Improve production quality
  • Leverage seasonal growth
  • Risk management

Materials Handling System

Objectives of Materials Handling

Objectives of a proper materials handling system are:

  • Reduction in Cost
  • Increase in Capacity
  • Improvement in Working Conditions
  • Improved Customer Service

Functions of Materials Handling

Costs Included in Material Handling

Systems Concept for Materials Handling

Steps in Analysing Materials Handling Problems

Activity Areas of Materials Handling:

  1. Packaging and packing of raw material for the industry.
  2. Loading and transportation to the plant.
  3. Unloading activities.
  4. Receiving, storage and issue of material for production.
  5. In-process handling.
  6. In-process storage.
  7. Work-place handling.
  8. Infra-departmental handling.
  9. Inter-departmental handling.
  10. Intra plant handling.
  11. Packaging.
  12. Warehousing.
  13. Packing.
  14. Loading and transportation to customers/distributors/dealers place.

Relationship of Materials Handling with Other Departments

Relation between Plant Layout and Materials Handling

The functions of these departments are generally assigned to:

  1. Plant engineer/manager
  2. Plan layout engineer/manager
  3. Industrial engineer/manager
  4. Production engineer/manager
  5. Process engineer
  6. Materials handling engineer.
  1. Plant Engineering:
    (a) Plant construction,
    (b) Housekeeping,
    (c) Repair and maintenance,
    (d) Safety and security,
    (e) Facility design, and
    (f) Utilities.
  2. Industrial Engineering:
    (a) Cost and economy studies,
    (b) Work-study,
    (c) Operation research,
    (d) Systems engineering, and
    (e) Facilities designing.

Basic Materials Handling Systems:

  1. Equipment Oriented Systems:
    (a) Industrial Truck Systems: Platform trucks and skids, fork trucks and pallets, and tractortrailers.
    (b) Conveyor systems.
    (c) Overhead systems: Overhead cranes, and monorails.
  2. Material (Load) Oriented Systems:
    (a) Unit handling system.
    (b) Bulk handling systems: conveyors, power shovels, scoops, cranes, draglines, and construction equipment.
    (c) Liquid material handling systems.
  1. Method (Production) Oriented Systems:
    These are described in terms of the types of production in which they are used:
    (a) Manual system.
    (b) Mechanized or automated systems,
    (c) Mass production handling systems.
    (d) Job shop handling systems.
  2. Function Oriented Handling Systems:
    (a) Transportation systems: For horizontal motion.
    (b) Elevating systems: For vertical motion over vertical or steeply inclined routes.
    (c) Conveying systems: Horizontal, vertical or combined motions.
    (d) Transferring systems: Horizontal, inclined or declined motions through the air.
    (e) Self-loading systems: Intermittent motion with machines that pick up, move and set down, i.e., unit load systems.

Principles of Materials Handling:

(A) Principles Related to Planning

(B) Principles Related to Equipment

Limitations of Material Handling

Role of logistics equipment’s – Material handling devices

Equipment Used in Logistics: Material Handling Devices

GUIDELINES ON MATERIAL HANDLING

Safety Training for Materials Handling

Materials Handling Safety Procedures

Benefits of Material Handling Systems

Functions, Benefits and Importance of Storage:

  • Creation of Time Utility
  • Creation of Place Utility
  • Finance Function
  • Creation of Form Utility
  • Stabilizing Prices
  • Regular Production
  • Ability to Face Natural Calamities
  • Reduction of Risk
  • Saving in Transportation Costs
  • Economies of Large-Scale

Eco-friendly reverse logistics

Benefits of reverse logistics

Green Logistics

What are the challenges facing green logistics today?

  • Dependence on fossil fuels, especially in transport
  • Last Mile Deliveries’ impact on urban traffic
  • Lack of infrastructure
  • Businesses which need to invest
  • The invisibility of logistics to consumers

How to apply eco-friendly logistics approaches strategies:

  • Include eco-friendly criteria in your procurement policies
  • Optimize transport fleet management
  • Have a warehouse that follows sustainable construction and management standards
  • Enable measures to reduce and recycle the waste produced in warehouse
  • Improve stock management and reverse logistics processes