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8 Factors to Fix aDysfunctional Storeroom
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Even with great people and processes, without a well-controlled and well-managed storeroom you’ll experience inefficiencies and other potential pitfalls that will contribute to high maintenance costs and low productivity.
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There are 8 variables you must control if you want to master the Materials Management process.
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1. Infrastructure
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Many times the “warehouse” is nothing more than a building that was recently cleaned out or even abandoned. There may be holes in the roof, broken windows, missing doors, poor lighting, and faulty or nonexistent humidity controls. Storing materials in these conditions isn’t a whole lot better than just leaving them completely unprotected out in the open environment.
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2. Location
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Just because space is available somewhere doesn’t mean it’s a great idea to utilize it for stocking material. Having too great a distance between the storeroom and where parts are needed can introduce inherent delays.
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3. Accessibility
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If anyone can get into your storeroom whenever they want, then you probably don’t have the necessary controls in place to ensure that materials are properly handled, effectively managed and accurately checked out.
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4. Physical Layout
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Does material move quickly between areas (i.e. from the Receiving dock to Incoming Inspection to Stores to Kitting to Shipping)? Does material move efficiently within each individual area? In other words, is there adequate aisle space for people and handling equipment; are there a lot of dead ends; have obstacles been removed?
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5. Logical Layout
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To be fair, few storerooms are ever intentionally designed with puzzling identification schemes. It happens over time, generally as a result of limited space, wholesale relocation of material, or lack of resources to make mass changes in the system when storage media are rearranged.
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6. Visual Management
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Providing large visible signage to guide people around can be a helpful tool. It may be as simple as row identifiers (“A,” “B,” “C,” etc.). It may be arrows pointing to specific sections of the storeroom (e.g. “Free Issue,” “Consignment,” or “VMI”).
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7. Space Utilization
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One of the most common laments heard from warehouse managers and storeroom personnel is, “We’re out of room!” Frequently, “lack of space” is a perception rather than reality, and has nothing to do with space at all. What it really involves is inventory control, or lack thereof.
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8. Handling Equipment
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Last but not least, make sure all of your material handling equipment and supplies are maintained properly. This stuff isn’t cheap, and neither is keeping it all in good working condition, but the alternative can be much more time-consuming and costly.
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If you don’t proactively manage your storeroom, your storeroom
will eventually manage you!
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