Warehouse management knowledge that warehouse managers should know

Every warehouse manager should have a certain understanding of warehouse management. When we start to become a warehouse manager, we should first know the functions of the warehouse, what the warehouse is used for, what warehouses are there, and how To be a qualified warehouse manager, every job in life is indispensable, and how to do it well is what we slowly sum up in our work.

First of all, let’s talk about the role of a warehouse, what is a warehouse. All places used to store materials are called warehouses, and the management of materials stored in warehouses is called warehouse management.

(1) Warehouse entry and exit management of materials, semi-finished products and finished products;

(2) Classification, sorting and storage of materials, semi-finished products and finished products;

(3) Supply materials necessary for production and provide services;

(4) Records of materials, accounts and items, so that the accounts and items are consistent.

After we understand the warehouse, how should the warehouse be reasonably planned to make its large-volume storage and value for money? This is what we as a warehouse manager must understand and do. Warehouse planning is important to the rational use of the warehouse. It is of great significance to play the role of warehouses in logistics.

The reasonable planning of the warehouse mainly includes the following four points:

(1) Reasonable layout of the warehouse;

(2) The development strategy and scale of the warehouse, such as warehouse expansion and transformation tasks, warehouse throughput, increase in storage capacity, etc.;

(3) The mechanization development level and technical transformation direction of the warehouse, such as the mechanization and automation level of the warehouse;

(4) The main economic indicators of the warehouse, such as the utilization rate of main warehouse equipment, labor productivity, warehouse throughput and storage capacity, material turnover rate, storage capacity utilization rate, storage and transportation quality indicators, storage and transportation cost reduction rate, etc. Therefore, warehouse planning It is to determine the overall design of the warehouse area, the scale of warehouse construction, and the technical level of warehouse storage and storage on the basis of the reasonable layout of the warehouse and the correct selection of the warehouse location.