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Summary statistics
WAP
Date the SKU was introduced (for assessing growth of the corresponding activity) Max inventory level by month or week (for assessing space needs)
Remark: This set of data can be really large (the corresponding datafile might exceed the 100M) => Needs processing through some specialized Database software.
Data Mining
Handling a set of tables in a relational database management system Table rows: Records with instances of the object/entity stored in that table (e.g., SKUs, order lines, etc.) Table columns: Attributes characterizing the considered entity Typical functionality involved in data-mining
sorting the rows of a table by a certain attribute selecting a subset of rows of a table, s.t. all isolated entities satisfy a certain property counting distinct entries in a table meeting a certain condition performing joins, i.e., combining the information one table with that of another table to create a new table with a different set of attributes graphing the results
Facility-related data
area of the warehouse average number of shipments received per day(the backend activity) average rate of introduction of new SKUs (operational stability) average number of SKUs in the warehouse (volume and scope of operations) distribution of the personnel to the various activities (labor-related costs and opportunities)
zone
Pareto curve
% picks
1.0
10K
20K
SKUs
Remark: ABC classification of the same set of entities will differ from activity to activity (c.f. Bartholdi & Hackman, Tables 5.1 - 5.5)
Problem Solution:
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~spyros/courses/IE6202/WAP-cs.pdf