Receiving goods represents the beginning of the process within the warehouse and is the starting point of warehouse operations. It is necessary to ensure accurate inventory from the source.
If the packaging of goods is not standardized, the barcode is wrong, they arrive in batches or SKUs are mixed, it will cause differences in the quantity of goods and fail quality inspection. SKU can be extended to a unified product number. Each SKU code has a precise meaning of the product. When the brand, model, grade, owner, production date, price, supplier and other attributes of the product are different from other products, it can be called a “single product”. Even if the physical attributes of the goods are the same, there are different ways to store, manage, sell and service them, and they also need to be defined as different SKUs, which affects the picking method and storage strategy. SKU coding should consider scalability and fault tolerance, and some should be compatible with batch attributes. Inventory measurement can also be in units of pieces, boxes, pallets, etc. Large quantities of goods need to be booked for entry to facilitate the warehouse to arrange parking, platforms, equipment and manpower. The open loading and unloading platforms commonly seen in logistics centers are outside the warehouse and cannot provide adequate protection for loading and unloading workers. The closed/through-the-wall loading and unloading platforms Docks are inside the warehouse building, which can protect the operation from weather effects. When organizing the warehousing operation, try to concentrate the unloading, sorting, marking, inspection and other tallying operations in one area to avoid inversion, backflow and container replacement.