The golden idea of warehouse improvement

The golden idea of warehouse improvement

Good warehouse management can effectively improve efficiency and save costs, and the company should not take it lightly. So let's take a look at the relevant knowledge of warehouse improvement with me, hoping to help everyone.

1 There are four activities (or organizations) for warehouse improvement activities.

First, by visualizing problems to deal with daily problems, managers need to take the lead and let everyone focus on key issues.

The second is to organize cross-functional seminars on specific issues.

The third is to organize a quality team, that is, to bring the employees in the team together regularly and solve some specific problems through brainstorming.

Fourth, workers' personal suggestions, under the guidance and support of managers, let them know the problems they want to solve, try their own solutions, check the effect and let other team members accept them.

In order to implement improvement activities, we must adhere to certain principles, such as:

1. Abandon the traditional fixed thinking and think that this is common sense and may not be correct.

To analyze the cause of the problem, you need statistical data first, and you should base your conclusion on the data. Don't trust intuition and emotion.

3. think about how to do it, not why you can't. There are many things that you can't think of without trying. Many times you try and find that the result is unexpected.

Don't make excuses, start by questioning the current practice.

Don't wait to find the perfect solution, even if there is only a 50% chance of success, do it at once.

6. Do it several times before comparing the results, because it will take some time for a new measure to show positive results.

7, adhere to the attitude of doing the work right for the first time, and insist on putting an end to rework. The next process should be regarded as the final customer. Don't send unqualified products or incorrect information to the next process.

8. Where there are problems, there is potential for improvement. Improvement begins with the discovery of problems and never ends. If you know it will be better, you must stick to it. This is the soul of improvement.

There are many areas that need to be improved, such as:

1. Is there any bottleneck or barrier-free work? Can we improve efficiency by rearranging materials and using other tools?

2. Is the operation process smooth and all process links synchronized? Division of labor is too fine, beyond the needs? What I think is special at work is generally more or less problematic.

3. Have you followed the standards in your work? Can the process be improved? Is the standard of this job enough? Is the surgical method safe and effective? Is there enough connection with the process before and after? Do employees often make mistakes?

4. Can work efficiency be improved? Is there any way to save time? Do employees' job skills meet the requirements?

5. Are there any abnormal noises in the equipment and tools? It's all working, okay?

6. Is there any cost waste? Is there any way to save energy and resources better? Are there inefficient work-related operations (behaviors), such as searching? Is there any waiting and invalid walking?

7. Is there any potential safety hazard at the job site? Is the atmosphere depressing? Is there anything bothering you at work?

8. Is the problem now because of the lack of system? Because of lack of training and education? Because there are no rules available? Because no one follows the available rules?

The real meaning of improvement is to find out the problems from work by yourself, rather than referring to the above checklist. If you copy these items directly as the basis for improvement, please leave the computer and continue your study until you are not prompted to find something to improve.

The improvement steps include:

1, obviously trying to solve the problem.

2, clear the desired results.

3. Determine the principles that should be based on.

4. Check whether you get the desired result? If not, analyze the reasons?

Summarize what you have learned from it, and what should you do next?

In the improvement, we also need to pay attention to the following issues.

1. Reward the improvement results in time.

It is an irrefutable truth that there are brave people under the reward. In the process of motivation, it should be noted that sometimes it is better to show people's contributions than to reward them with money.

The methods include: inviting employees' families to visit the workplace (specifically indicating employees' achievements on the spot); Issue company badges to employees; Company bulletin board; Guinness records within the company, etc.

2. Completely result-oriented evaluation will hinder improvement.

Improvement lies more in the process than the result, and its effect is: reducing costs without reducing costs and increasing efficiency without increasing efficiency. Only by performance appraisal, you will fall into a strange circle of eagerness for success.

For example, the company issued the task of reducing the packaging cost 10%. From the point of view of improvement, we should fundamentally put an end to the waste of packing boxes, or use other more reasonable packaging methods to reduce the consumption, instead of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, directly purchasing boxes with lower quality, which will only further affect the safety of cargo transportation, and will eventually press the ladle and get up again, and will not solve the substantive problems.

3. Full participation.

Improvement means continuous improvement for everyone, including managers and employees.

Generally speaking, one may not be able to come up with a solution to the difficulty. Gathering the wisdom of all people, rather than relying on one person's knowledge, will spark wisdom in generate.

On the other hand, the cooperation between Qi and Xin to solve a problem is a valuable training experience for everyone, which can effectively enhance mutual cooperation and understanding between people.

As a manager, we should deeply implant the improved thinking mode into the hearts of every employee. However, to advocate the idea of improvement, we can't just arrange tasks at meetings, and formalism is not enough. Employees are most familiar with the work site, especially their own posts.

If the improvement is not initiated and actively participated by employees, it will be difficult or difficult to achieve results. However, how difficult it is to achieve this goal. Of course, this is another topic.

If we don't find problems and solve them, there will be no progress.

Wang Er said: No matter what you do, the opportunities for progress are endless. After improvement, you will continue to improve.

Golden ideas for warehouse improvement II. Eight points of warehouse improvement management

First, put it into storage capacity planning.

Storage capacity is often a headache, how to put as many items as possible in a limited space.

The first minimum principle is that warehouse planning must be carried out according to the nature of products. Good planning can reserve storage space in a planned way according to materials with different properties and specifications, so as to avoid the low storage efficiency caused by less reserved space for large materials and more space occupied by small materials;

Second, make full use of inconspicuous spaces such as walls and corners of warehouses, such as strip items, belts and saw blades. Small items that are not commonly used can be neatly hung on the wall and placed in the centralized storage box in the corner.

The third is to make the best use of shelves and make full use of space. Even some articles with low density, light weight and large volume, such as sponges, can be stored at the top of the shelf with barbed wire.

Such things are scientific planning and use of electrical appliances, so that the storage capacity is as large as possible and the storage efficiency is as high as possible!

Second, find it-clear classification

Whether you can find the materials you need quickly is a key factor in the efficiency of the whole warehouse management, because there are often many kinds and quantities of materials in manufacturing industry, and there are many similar materials, often with only a little difference.

For example, in color, dark gray and silver gray, polished part and matt part, big red and crimson, size and diameter 10 mm and 9 mm, door lock left and right open, etc. As long as you are careless, you will make mistakes, which will bring trouble to the later processing and cause inefficiency and even other losses to the whole production line.

In this case, strict classified storage is a good way to avoid mistakes. Different types of materials are placed in different areas, such as hardware fittings, plastic fittings, handles, screws and so on.

Put the handles together and clearly mark them according to the standards of materials, sizes and uses of different products, so that you can find them at any time and put them into production at any time without making mistakes, which is very positive for improving production efficiency!

Third, get it-the passage is clear.

A current situation can be seen from the warehouses of many enterprises. In order to squeeze the limited storage capacity, we finally have to stuff things into the warehouse regardless of the willy-nilly. Finally, the warehouse was in chaos.

The material you want is at the bottom, so it's hard to get. You have to get rid of all the materials outside, and then you have to plug them up again. Often repeated, very tired, resulting in a lot of waste of time and manpower, warehouse management is inefficient!

The materials in the warehouse are often constantly flowing, and the flow is the life of the materials. Only by continuous flow can materials become products and realize continuous delivery of products. If the materials in the warehouse can only be seen but not taken, the warehouse will lose its original role.

Therefore, keeping the materials in and out of the channel unblocked is the only way for efficient warehouse management! In warehouse planning, there should be reservation and planning, and it must be managed by marking. The passage is not allowed to pile up any articles that hinder the passage.

Fourth, the account symbol-accurate quantity.

The physical quantity in the warehouse does not match the book, and the quantity is inaccurate, which will bring trouble to production, sales and even the operation of the whole enterprise. I won't say much about the importance. The key is how to make the quantity of goods consistent with the account.

With the development of warehousing technology, the warehouse gradually changes from manual management to digital information management. Here, it is suggested to minimize human factors and make the warehouse accounts consistent. At present, the better method is bar code management, which is similar to the materials in large supermarkets. There are tens of thousands of varieties, but the error probability is very low. One of the reasons is the use of bar code information management, which can be used in all warehouses, the equipment cost is not expensive, and the operation is simple and easy to understand.

With the progress of society, there will even be unmanned warehouses, full robots and informationization. Jingdong Logistics has made a breakthrough in this respect, and I believe it will be gradually popularized in the near future.

Five, the scene is good-pay attention to the warehouse 5S

5S is one of the basic supports of modern industry, so the significance of this aspect is not written here. There are many works. For the warehouse, the role of 5S is similar to that of the production site.

Sixth, pay attention to safety-safety first.

Safety is more important than Mount Tai. Without security, everything is zero!

That's true, but often many enterprises don't pay enough attention to this point, otherwise there won't be so many news about warehouse fires every year. There are not a few flammable items such as means of production, various packaging items and plastic products. Tragedy after tragedy made the boss return to several places before liberation overnight, which sounded the alarm for everyone, always keeping vigilant and focusing on prevention. Warehouse safety is not only as simple as fire prevention, but also includes anti-theft, waterproof, rat prevention and so on.

So what should we do?

First of all, thinking is the biggest factor of warehouse safety, but thinking alone is not enough. Strict management system and spot check system for various warehouse facilities are also effective methods. According to years of experience, warehouse managers must also hold morning meetings every day, and the first thing in the morning meeting is safety. Only by speaking every day and reminding from time to time can the awareness of safety precautions be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and the safety systems and measures be implemented as much as possible.

Seven, regular inspection-management implementation

There is no trick to management. Management is a stupid skill. There is no shortcut. It is often a good way to keep an eye on it, and the management effect is good.

It is easy to formulate a set of rules, processes and systems, but the key to good management is to be able to implement them. Then the warehouse should be managed well, and all systems should be implemented well. Only by constant inspection can we not be lazy.

Worried about safety, always check;

Worried that the material reserve is not enough, it is necessary to check it frequently;

If you are worried about the inconsistency between the accounts and the goods, you should always check it;

Worried about whether the warehouse settings are working properly, check them frequently.

Regular inspection is the only way to implement management and an important means to manage warehouses!

Eight, do safety-seamless docking

The role of warehouse in the whole production chain is still the guarantee and service department, and the work of warehouse is still around production, so the docking with production department has become an important work content of warehouse management.

Going in and out every day, coming and going, busy, we must ensure that everything goes smoothly, and we must achieve seamless communication, seamless system, seamless process and seamless information. I believe everyone knows the docking methods of many warehouses and departments, and even the use of information systems. The only thing to remind here is that no matter which method is used, people are the key factor.

Therefore, to do a good job in protection, we must first do a good job in interpersonal communication, interpersonal communication, knowledgeable person!

Warehousing plays an increasingly important role in modern enterprise production. I hope this article can give you some help, study together and grow together!