| The warehouse and distribution manager
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It is the responsibility of the Warehouse and Distribution Manager to oversee the delivery of the company’s product to the customer ensuring that the adequate resources both physical and material are applied to each component process within the Distribution area. The management of the warehouse and associated Chillers, Freezers and Loading bays also fall under the management of the Distribution Manager. The Warehouse and Distribution Manager also oversees the co-ordination of deliveries of stock to the customer’s distribution centers and managed warehouses in line with the customers expected service provision. Inventory management and operating on a “first in first out” basis ensures that “used by” and “best before” dates are adhered to with sufficient time for the customer to on sell the product. This involves ensuring adequately trained staff pick and pack orders which are then loaded on to corresponding vehicles to facilitate the distribution of the product to the customer. The Warehouse and Distribution Manager will focus on identifying the wastes that occur in this sector. Three group members will take on the role of the Manager, each using one of the categories of waste to identify possible wastage in the process. The three waste categories for this sector are: Inventory Transportation Motion
As a group member you will first follow the various links on the waste category in order to come back to your other group members to report on your findings: Describe the waste What are some examples of it? Can it impact other departments, if so, how? Group members will then discuss the waste from your research and brainstorm any of these wastes in your department. Once you have found a waste in your department, give a report on the waste, the type of waste, the impact on the business and the impact if any on other departments of the company. You can report it in terms of effort, time or financial impact. Make a suggestion for a potential solution. Look for things such as unnecessary stock movement created by excessive inventory, as well transportation wastes such as half loads or uneven loads. The Links below are provided to your group to ensure that you have tools to conduct such an analysis and assist in the identification process.
Inventory : http://leanmanufacturingtools.org/106/waste-of-inventory-causes-symptoms-examples-solutions/
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