Warehouse Management
After working with few warehouses from B2B to B2C models (I’m a software engineer which gets involved to get things done), I thought it would be good if I can consolidate my learnings in one post. This most likely a very basic post however it most warehouses when I talked to its managers, I found out that it is quite missing or the know-how isn’t complete.
A large glossary of terms and acronyms can be downloaded for free from the following website: https://howtologistics.com/
In today’s market with expensive land, buildings, labour and energy costs, together with the introduction of concepts such as just in time (JIT), efficient consumer response (ECR), and quick response (QR), companies are continually looking to minimize the amount of stock help and speed up throughput. The use of tools such as postponement — where product are finalized in warehouse, not at the manufacturing location — are becoming commonplace.
We’ve gone from ‘push’ to ‘pull’ supply chain over recent years. In fact, the phrase ‘supply chain’ can be a bit of misnomer; rather, it should be called demand chain, with consumers holding the sway.
There are many different roles for a warehouse in today’s supply chain. As you can see in following picture, warehouses can be operated by raw material suppliers, component & finished goods, wholesalers, retailers and companies involved in reversed logistics.
