The Issues of Selection Warehouse Process Strategies

Kłodawski, Michał; Jacyna, Marianna; Lewczuk, Konrad; Wasiak, Mariusz

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.399

Cited by 35 publications

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“…Warehouse resources consist of space, equipment and personnel (Pirttilä and Hautaniemi (1995); Hackman et al, 2001;Chow et al, 2006;Richards, 2011;Kłodawski et al, 2017). Operational productivity is usually measured as the number of units handled per person (De Vries et al, 2016).…”

Section: Basic Warehouse Operationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revising the warehouse productivity measurement indicators: ratio-based benchmark

Karim

Rahman

Hanafiah

et al. 2020

MABR

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Purpose The literature on warehouse performance assessments is mainly focussed on the efficiency and effectiveness of an action or activity due to customer demand and tailored fulfilment, with less attention being given to the performance measurement of each function of the warehouse and its overall productivity. Therefore, this study was aimed at revising the key warehouse performance metrics to a set of productivity measurement indicators that can be adopted internationally for benchmarking productivity performance. Design/methodology/approach A literature review and semi-structured survey questionnaire were used for this study. The importance of warehouse productivity performance was reviewed to revamp the measurement indicators. Through the use of a directed content analysis and descriptive analysis, an extensive study was carried out to analyze existing warehouse productivity indicators. Findings The findings of this study provide comprehensive references for practitioners and academicians for improving the classification of productivity measurements from existing key performance metrics for warehousing. Also, this paper highlights the warehouse resources related to the respective warehouse operation activities. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to productivity performance indicators adapted from Staudt et al. (2015). Furthermore, the samples for this study comprised Malaysian academicians and practitioners in the related field. The findings can be adapted on a global scale as this study implemented general warehouse operation processes. Originality/value Consequently, the contributions of this study are that it provides relevant benchmarks for key productivity performance indicators in the warehousing sector that has worldwide applicability and the developed model provides a conceptual platform from which further theoretical and empirical developments can be carried out.

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Section: Basic Warehouse Operationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revising the warehouse productivity measurement indicators: ratio-based benchmark

Karim

Rahman

Hanafiah

et al. 2020

MABR

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“…At the same time, these processes are considered as cost drivers consuming space and up to 70% of operation costs (Lewczuk 2012(Lewczuk , 2015. Shipment processes are composed of different types of standard actions, but usually are the sequence of picking, replenishment, sorting and consolidation processes fastened into shipment strategy implemented under different manual and automatic warehouse technologies (Kłodawski et al 2017a(Kłodawski et al , 2017b. Figure 1 presents general order completion process preceding loading and shipment, typical for most distributional warehouses.…”

Section: Shipments Strategies and On-time Por Componentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Elements of perfect order rate research in logistics chains

Jacyna-Gołda

Kłodawski

Lewczuk

et al. 2019

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Perfect order rate (POR) is one of the superior measures of the logistics processes quality. POR is at the top of the hierarchy of key performance indicators (KPI) in supply chain and is considered as difficult to define and measure. Perfect order rate is composed of sub-measures touching technical, economic, quality and safety aspects of logistics processes. POR directly defines what the organization considers to be the perfect implementation of its tasks (and thus sets goals for the organization) and, secondly, measures the degree of achievement of these goals. The paper defines the concept of perfect order rate by including new elements to classic definition, so far rarely considered in the literature: possibility of order implementation according to standard procedures in organization and safety aspects. The concept of logistics chain and the impact of its functioning on the POR value have been defined. The picking and replenishment processes were discussed in detail as the basic elements affecting the quality of logistics processes and the value of POR. Next, the issues of logistic processes safety in warehouse facilities were discussed. The large intensity of warehouse operations along with their mechanization and automation very often leads to many hazards in warehouses and logistics chain. These hazard are usually related with warehouse workers safety. However, they can also lead to various delays or downtime in the material flows, as well as damage or reducing the quality of materials. So it was assumed that safety aspects can influencing the value of POR in the logistics chain. Due to conducted research and compiled reports indicate that many accidents in the warehouse are associated with the forklifts use as equipment for material handling. Therefore, in paper main attention was paid to hazards related with forklifts, warehouse safety speed, etc.

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“…Warehouse operations have four main activities of receiving, storing, picking and shipping [28]. Receiving process relate to receipt of products/items into the warehouse.…”

Section: B Warehouse Operations Process and Performancementioning

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Improving the Reliability of Warehouse Operations in the 3PL Industry: An Australian 3PL Case Study

Daniel

Nadeem

et al. 2018

2018 International Conference on Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

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Warehouses play an important value-adding role to provide a competitive edge, support business growth and efficiency throughout their supply chains. This paper explores warehouse operations (i.e. receiving, put away, picking, packing and shipping) and a series of challenges faced in managing warehouse operations in general and the 3PL industry in particular. Especially, the paper analyses the warehouse and logistics operations of an Australian 3PL company. By utilizing a mixed method approach both qualitative and quantitative data was gathered through indepth interviews, direct observations and warehouse operations records. The collected data were then analyzed using thematic analysis. The data was screened and coded to further develop major themes to identify the problematic areas. This analysis helped to identify issues in operations related to the receiving process, missing, picking and locating items as well as human errors. While multiple approaches could be utilized to improve the operations, there yet remained a major challenge to manage operations within the planned budgetary limits. This research, therefore, provides some solutions/recommendations to improve the case company's warehouse operations through staff empowerment, management process improvement, order dispatch and return process improvement, improvement in record keeping, and recruiting more personnel. These recommendations ensure company's efficiency while balancing its challenges both in operations and budgetary constraints. This study thus provides an evidence to improve the reliability of warehouse operations through systematic process improvement.

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The Issues of Selection Warehouse Process Strategies

Cited by 35 publications

References 4 publications

Revising the warehouse productivity measurement indicators: ratio-based benchmark

Revising the warehouse productivity measurement indicators: ratio-based benchmark

Elements of perfect order rate research in logistics chains

Improving the Reliability of Warehouse Operations in the 3PL Industry: An Australian 3PL Case Study

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