Throughout my working life in an EMS industry, I have seen a few well managed warehouse. However, I have also seen such many poorly managed warehouses.
I have taken the opportunity to look into one of the warehouses and would like to share them with you.
Below is just a quick overview:
• Warehouse Readiness
o Receiving
Resource
• Receiving
o Critical
o Main purpose
Receive goods in less than 30 minutes per truck
• How to shorten?
Cleaer trucks
o Expedited materials
Special process to handle this
o IDM
o MRO parts
o Process flow
• Expedite team
o Who?
o Process flow?
• Sorting process
o Abnormality
How to handle?
• Use "Banking" concept
o Normal process
Provide training & guide
• How to allocate
• What do you have now?
o Can you hire temp staffs?
o Fork Lift
Driver/operator
Battery
Process flow
• Normal
• Expedited
• Must provide proper guide & process flow
o People know what to do
o IQA
Resource
• Do we have enough people?
Process flow
• Normal
• Expedite
• People know what to do
If IQA lack, it will snowball
Process flow
• Normal
• Expedited
o Store
How to store?
• Can the current resource complete the work?
o If no, please establish new process flow
• Place to store
o WMS
• Process flow
o Kitting
Major challenge
Resource
• 2 shifts
o Morning shift
Clear all expedited kitting
o Night shift
Clear normal kitting
• Get enough people
Process flow & expectation
• Finish the activities the same day
o No overflow
o The goal?
Warehouse operates normally
Full support of production
• Normal demand
• Expedited process
o MUST Adhere to
5S
QBwM
Zero defect
No excuse
Ask yourself this question
• Can or cannot do?
• Want or don't want to
I hope you enjoy the above article.
I appreciate your feedback and comments.
If you would like to know more, please let me know.
Best regards,
Ronald Gan
