Warehouse management and even most logistics operations are repetitive and boring tasks. Even in the most advanced Amazon warehouse, the slogan is “workhard.havefunmakehistory” (work hard, have a happy attitude, and create history). Basically, employees It’s still physical work, and you have to be able to lift 49 pounds of cargo and stand or walk for 10 to 12 hours a day.
There is no doubt that Human nature is lazy. If there is no effective evaluation and incentive means for warehouse management, no one will be willing to move one more box. Without quantitative standards, there are no indicators. All quantitative indicator systems still focus on the four goals of “more, faster, better, and more economical”, including warehouse throughput, average monthly inventory, accuracy of sending and receiving, volume utilization, and timely warehousing. rate, inventory accuracy rate, delivery timely rate, receipt rate, damage rate, etc.
The purpose of assessment is not to punish, but to evaluate and optimize. It is to find patterns from data analysis and apply them to find appropriate methods to reduce costs and increase efficiency, such as balancing task allocation, reducing slack, and improving overall performance. Improve employee productivity and reduce problems such as misclassification, mis-delivery, and overtime.
When evaluating the performance of warehouse resource utilization, warehouse area utilization and volume utilization are commonly used. In addition to storage areas, overseas warehouses rarely use flat warehouses. For commodities of different specifications, the warehouse area utilization index of flat warehouses changes greatly; for multi-layer balanced shelves, the effective utilization rate of the shelves must be calculated.
In addition, many indicators are a point-in-time concept. For example, delivery errors will definitely affect the accuracy of sending and receiving, but they will not necessarily affect the accuracy of inventory. If the delivery error occurs before the time when the inventory is determined to be accurate, If corrected effectively, there will be no impact on inventory accuracy.
For sellers, the higher the sales rate of goods, the fewer unsaleable products; the inventory turnover rate is an important data, indicating the utilization efficiency of the same amount of funds. The faster the turnover, the greater the cost of the same inventory. The greater the sales revenue, the higher the profit, which reflects the cash flow and supply chain operation level of the entire company.