Warehouse management is also called warehouse management, or WM for short. It refers to the effective control of the receipt, delivery, and inventory of warehouse goods. Its purpose is to ensure the integrity of warehouse goods and the normal operation of production and operation activities. On this basis, the activity status of various types of goods is recorded in a classified manner, and the quantity and quality of warehouse goods, as well as their geographical location, department, order ownership, and warehouse dispersion are expressed in a clear chart.
Warehouse management can be summarized in three words: receipt, management, and delivery. Warehouse management seems simple, but it is actually a big deal. Its complexity determines the management method. Warehouse management includes multi-dimensional management of sites, people, finances, and materials, and takes goods as the current asset as the management center. It involves the three goals of “efficiency, quality, and cost”, and pursues the balance and maximum benefit of the three.
The warehouse management operation process is mainly divided into the following links.
(1) Acceptance: Check the quantity and quality of received goods according to ASN (advanced shipping note).
(2) Shelving: Put the inspected goods on the shelves.
(3) Picking: Take the goods according to the order requirements.
(4) Review: Check the order, goods, types and other information.
(5) Packing: Pack or box the goods.
(6) Shipping: Ship the goods in piles according to the route or carrier rules.
(7) Inventory: Check the number of goods in the warehouse.
(8) Transfer: Move goods between different shelves for sorting or replenishment.
(9) Transfer: Transfer goods between different warehouses.
The goals of warehouse management can generally be summarized as “more, faster, better, and cheaper”.
(1) More
This refers to the scale of the warehouse, mainly referring to the warehouse with large throughput and large income scale; large number of goods, large inventory, high unit area utilization rate or high volume utilization rate.
(2) Fast
This refers to the efficiency of warehouse management, mainly referring to short delivery time of goods, fast inventory turnover, fast timeliness of receiving/picking/packaging and shipping, and high per capita labor productivity.
(3) Good
This refers to the quality of warehouse management, mainly referring to the quality of receiving and storage, accurate operation, and no inventory errors. (4) Economical
This refers to the cost of warehouse management, mainly referring to the low capital occupation cost, storage cost, sluggish cost, out-of-stock cost of goods inventory, and high distribution success rate.
The goal of warehouse management is to simplify complex things, standardize simple things, process standard things, and automate process things.