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The document provides a report on a warehouse site visit conducted on November 20-21, 2020. It summarizes key details about the warehouse including its size and structure, types of goods stored, functions performed, equipment used, and standard operating procedures. Operations like picking, loading, unloading and storing are described. Documentation processes and software systems used to manage inventory and fulfill orders are also outlined.

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Warehouse Report

The document provides a report on a warehouse site visit conducted on November 20-21, 2020. It summarizes key details about the warehouse including its size and structure, types of goods stored, functions performed, equipment used, and standard operating procedures. Operations like picking, loading, unloading and storing are described. Documentation processes and software systems used to manage inventory and fulfill orders are also outlined.

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  • Introduction: Provides acknowledgments and an overview of the warehouse visit report, including purpose and characteristics of an ideal warehouse.
  • Warehouse Management System: Describes the warehouse management system's role in supply chain management, with a focus on WMS and SAP SCM software usage.
  • Floor Operations: Details the floor operations involved in warehousing, including picking, loading, and supervision activities.
  • Equipment and Computer Station: Explains the types of equipment used in warehousing, such as pallets and forklifts, and the role of the warehouse computer station.
  • Data Collection: Presents data collected from various warehousing companies, encompassing material details and warehousing practices.

WAREHOUSE SITE VISIT REPORT

ERPL WAREHOUSE, VADAPE, BHIWANDI


DATE: 20th and 21st November 2020
Acknowledgement:
I would like to thank Mr. Chinmay Sir and Mr. Azad Sir to accompany me to warehouse and give me an
insight about what actually a warehouse is and how it is eminent part of the supply chain and logistics
industry. I would also like to thank Mr. Dinesh and Mr. Rupesh and Mr. Navin who guided us throughout
the warehouse and patiently answered all my questions and to shared his information to clear the all
doubts of us. Lastly I would like to thank Mr.Naveen sir our ED, Mr.Jayanta sir our HOD and Mr. Manoj
Srivastava Sir, Warehouse manager to giving us this opportunity.
Introduction:
We need different types of goods in our day-to-day life. We may buy some of these items in bulk & store
them in our house . Similarly business organizations or firms also need those items throughout the year
without any break. These kind of items are stored in a special place called WAREHOUSE.
Warehousing:
Warehouse involves storage of goods/items required. Storage involves proper arrangement for preserving
of goods from their time of production or purchase till actual use. When this storage is done on large scale
and in a specified manner then it is reffered as warehousing.
Need for warehouse:

• Increased production
• Seasonal demand
• Large scale production
• Quick supply
Types of Warehouse:

• Exclusive
• Shared
Characteristics of an ideal Warehouse :

• It should be located at convenient place


• It should be mechanically and technologically forward
• It should have large and adequate space
• It should be protected from direct sunlight, rain, dust, moisture
• It should have parking space
• It should have security
• It should have fire fighting equipment and emergency services
Functions of Warehouse:

• For storage of goods


• For protection of goods
• For processing
• For transportation purpose

WMS (Warehouse Management System):


A warehouse management system is a key part of a supply chain management & primarily aims to control
the movement & storage of materials within a warehouse & process the associated transactions including
shipping, receiving, put away & picking. The systems also direct & optimize stock put away based on real
time information about the status of bin utilization. A WMS monitors the progress of products through the
warehouse. It involves the physical warehouse infrastructure , tracking systems & communication
between station.
SAP SCM Software:
It is used by operational team for fulfill the requirements of various clients orders and to execute the
process. Supply Chain Management (SCM) covers the area of production planning (PP), business
forecasting and demand planning. It controls product flow and information flow across the organizations.
Supply Chain Management is integrated with other business processes such as product discovery
development process, materials purchase process, and production planning process. Supply Chain enables
the maximum customer satisfaction with fewer costs to the organizations

WMS and SAP are generally used for making invoices of the products according to the description of the
product, quantity to be shipped or stored.
After the order generation done in SAP the follow up process is done by indent inward/outward team
which generate the Pick list or sheets which having the information such as product name, description,
batch number, location of the product in the warehouse or rack units, quantities remained, etc.
E-way bill is also created for the product for the documentation process. All this data is recorded with the
help of PALMS Software.
Warehouse floor:
Structure:
The total warehousing area is approximately 1,20,000 sq. feet. Out of which nearly 40,000 to 50,000 sq.
feet area is used for the rack units. While the remaining area is used for on pallet or floor based storing
area.
The warehouse consists of total 8 docks. Docks are the nothing but the opening structure provided for
loading and unloading of the vehicles. These are automatic and provided with hydraulic lifting platform to
adjust the height according to transport vehicle.
The space in between two dock points is called stagging area. This stagging area is used for purpose of
storing the goods during loading and unloading purpose.
Documents used :

• Hauling instructions: It is received by WMS from the client or customer. It includes information
about the company name, haulier, shipping point, delivery address, description about goods to
dispatched such as name of product, quantity, batch number, etc.
• Supervisor's slip/checklist: It includes information about the product name, number of quantity,
weight of unit, location, batch number, month and year of manufacturing.
• Security slip/checklist: Same as supervisor's slip
• Picking slip: It includes information such as product name, quantity, batch number, location of
product in warehouse
• Vehicle checklist : This sheet keeps the information about the vehicle which is used for supply
and transport of the good. This sheet checks or records type of vehicle, vehicle condition, vehicle
registration certificate, vehicle insurance, driver license, goods quantity received by vehicle,etc.

Floor Operations performed:

• Picking
• Loading
• Unloading
• Stoving
Picking:
In this process the Picker person assigned locate and taken out the goods which are stored in the floor pallets
or the racks. According to location mentioned on the pick list the goods are taken out. After picking the
goods in required quantity the remaining quantity is checked and recorded on the picking slip. Then this
record is submitted to the WMS team for further record purpose.
Loading:
In this operation the the goods picked out by picker for outward are checked by the loading supervisor. The
product, description, capacity, quantities are checked and recorded by the loading supervisor and do the
entry of that data in supervisor’s checklist. The security personnel allotted also do the same process of
checking and recording the goods in security slip. The data recorded by both supervisor and security should
be matched. Then and only the the good will be send to stagging area for dispatch purpose. The invoice and
Lorry receipt is made for the goods to dispatched and according to it the goods are boarded to the vehicles.
Unloading:
The process is similar to the loading operation but in reverse way. The goods to be stored at warehouse are
checked for number of units or quantity, quality of package, condition of the goods received, damage or
leakage of product, etc. The data is recorded on supervisor and security checklist. After receiving the goods
on staging area the Picker person took it to the pallet floor or racks where the units to be for stored purpose.
The racks are having different section which are provided with the serial number for easily locating the
specific goods in the warehouse.
The racks are provided with the two different sections namely- HOLD and DMO
HOLD- The damaged or leakage units are stored in the HOLD section. The units are kept in this section
because the decision is to taken whether the goods is going forward for further shipping or it is to declared
as a waste. The RDA department of the client is informed about this damaged product. Then RDA will
come to check the product placed in HOLD section and takes the decision accordingly.
DMO- The units which completely damaged or waste are kept under this section.
Equipment used :

• Pallets: This are wooden rectangular platforms provided for holding the oil/lubricant/grease barrel
they help to keep the barrel away from the ground contact and it can be easy to inspect or notice if
there is any leakage on the barrel. It will make easy to lift or move the barrel from one place to
other too. A single pallet can have capacity upto 800 kgs.
• Fork lift: They are used for easy movement of goods with help of pallets. This are provided with
extended bars to sustain the load of goods equally and moves the goods safely and be stable during
it’s movement.
• Material handling equipment (MHE): They are used to lift or keep material at different height
levels. It is used mostly for storing goods in the racks unit. The lifting capacity of machine is upto
1600 kgs
• Articulated machine:. Same as MHE serves to lift or move the goods from one place to the other.

Warehouse computer station:


Inward department : Inward process in its simplest form is just taking an item and placing in it storage
with following standard operating procedure like reporting ,unloading, picking ,storing and all
documentation done in inward dept .
Outward department: Outward process in its simplest form is just outing an item and store in a vehicle
according to customer order & and safely deliver to customer place with following standard operating
procedure like getting customer order detail ,picking ,storing goods in staging area, loading goods in the
vehicle ,report vehicle outing time and all documentation done in outward department .
Lorry receipt/ bilty : LR is a important document issued by company if goods are sent through road transport
its is proof of delivery of goods to point of destination or warehouse .
Tp & Deployment department: Flow of work of this department getting order from customer and opening
the order and plan for a transport and deploy to fullfill the customer reuirement and prepare the document
.all the operation are perform using SAP application .
Inventory Management: It means manage the the right stock at right levels in the right place at right time
and at right cost as well as price it help to maintain desired stock level .the desired level is a fuction of
customer service requirement and the cost of inventory investment.
Data collected table : To collection of data we will visit the richland commercial hub and Shree Rajlaxmi
Logistic park but due to covid19 pandemic situation office staff do not entertain us the below data are
collected by observing physically and talk with guard and worker near the warehouse

Warehousing company /3PL Customer/ account of company Material detail based on


company physical observation .
1.Citi solution warehousing pvt Leap india pvt ltd Wooden pallets
ltd . Absortech pvt ltd Electronic machine
Jk tyres Tyres
Alluminium coil
2.Armstrong ceiling solution Armstrong ceiling solution Ceiling plates celing materials
3.Alexis globel pvt ltd Bright lifecare pvt ltd Health product : poweder pack
in carton box
4.Amul India Amul india (owner of All amul food product
/Elegant Transport Company warehouse )
(provide only transportation)
5.FM india supply chain pvt ltd Siemens Healthcare pvt ltd Health care product pack in
carton box
6.Ashiwini Logistic solution ABLN BEV Bevrages
7 Jyoti Labs Self account jyoti labs Materials pack in carton
8.Ingram micro pvt ltd Self account All electronic device pack in
carton.
9.Rpm Logistic Haier AC ,Electronic appliances
10.Jayem warehousing pvt ltd Trucaekidz india pvt ltd All electronic appliance ,health
Rational International pvt ltd care product, beverages , food
Mistubhi Electical pvt ltd items etc.
Atomberg technologies pvt ltd
Bundl technology pvt ltd
Unicity health pvt ltd
Aptech ltd
11.Jayem Warehousing pvt ltd Epson India Printer ,ekectronic device etc
Vikram solar packed in carton .
Millinium Soft tech
Ibm india pvt ltd
12.Dachser india pvt ltd and Bluefair india pvt ltd Food product like milk masala,
Citi solution warehousing pvt ginger garlic paste, vatika
ltd (shared warehouse) product
13.Dabur india warehouse Food item and bevrages .
14.Citi solution warehouse pvt Gyproc saint gobain pvt ltd Ceiling material, drywalls
ltd ,plasters
15.CFA life care logistic pvt ltd Panasonic India All electronic appliance
16.Spear logistic pvt ltd Siemens india
17.Tvs logistic services ltd JSW living pvt ltd
18.Rivigo warehouse Observing flipkart & amazon
ecommerce company carton
box.
19.Express roadways pvt ltd Exxon mobil lubricant pvt ltd Barrel ,carton,bucket pales

Common questions

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Warehouse racks have sections like HOLD, for temporarily damaged goods awaiting a client's RDA verification, and DMO, for entirely damaged goods deemed waste. These sections ensure proper categorization and handling of non-standard inventory, aiding in decision-making processes related to quality control and disposal .

The Warehouse Management System (WMS) optimizes the movement and storage of materials by controlling associated transactions such as shipping, receiving, put away, and picking. It uses real-time information to direct and optimize storage based on bin utilization, monitors product progress through the warehouse, and facilitates communication between different station points within the warehouse infrastructure .

An ideal warehouse should be located at a convenient place to facilitate easy access and transportation. It should be mechanically and technologically advanced to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy. Large and adequate space is essential to accommodate varied storage needs, while protection from elements like sunlight, rain, dust, and moisture ensures the integrity of stored goods. Adequate parking and security measures safeguard property and facilitate smooth operation, while fire-fighting equipment and emergency services are crucial for safety and risk management .

The TP & Deployment department is responsible for order processing, planning transportation, and fulfilling customer requirements. They use SAP technology to perform all operations, facilitating order tracking, documentation, and efficient deployment of resources to ensure timely and accurate fulfillment of customer orders .

The e-way bill serves a documentation function in warehouse operations, confirming the legality and accountability of product movement. It's generated as part of the order processing in SAP and included in the documentation along with pick lists and other details necessary for tracking and compliance during transportation .

SCM integration with business processes like product discovery, materials purchase, and production planning enhances performance by enabling seamless product and information flow, leading to increased customer satisfaction at reduced costs. This holistic approach ensures that production matches demand accurately, inventory is optimized, and client orders are fulfilled efficiently using systems like SAP for processing and documentation .

Articulated machines facilitate warehouse operations by efficiently lifting and moving goods between different warehouse sections. They have the capacity to handle heavy loads up to 1600 kg and are essential for placing goods in rack units or transporting them between various storage zones, enhancing operational efficiency and safety .

During unloading, goods are checked for quantity, packaging quality, and any physical damage or leakage. The process involves security and supervisor documentation on checklists to verify the condition and specification of the received goods. Any discrepancies are reported, and products are categorized into sections such as HOLD for potentially damaged goods pending review by the RDA department, or DMO for confirmed waste or damaged items .

Having both supervisor and security checklists ensures a dual-layer verification system for all operations involving the movement of goods, whether incoming or outgoing. This redundancy helps catch errors, discrepancies, or fraud, ensuring that both the quantity and the quality of goods match the documented records before they are processed further .

Inventory management maintains desired stock levels by balancing customer service requirements against the costs of inventory investment. Factors influencing these levels include demand forecasts, lead times, storage capacities, product lifecycle stages, and organizational financial constraints. Proper management ensures optimal stock availability while minimizing costs .

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