Warehouse Management

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Institute Name - GNIMSBatch - III (2011-13)Professor. - Prof. Umesh Subject - Supply Chain ManagementSemester - 2nd Semester

Group Members - Roll Nos.

Ritesh Singh - 50

Shiva Kottary - 54

Prajot Parate - 49

Falakh Khan - 44

Anand Medar - 62

Satyaraj Nadar - 59

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1. What is Warehouse Management ?

2. About the Company: Amazon .com

3. About Warehouse Management System used in Amazon

4. Robotic WM Systems

5. Components of WM System

6. Functioning of WM System

7. Industrial Solutions

8. Special Features

9. Process of the Co.

10. Video

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Warehouse Management

• Term “Warehousing” is referred as transportation at zero miles per hour.

• Warehouse Management includes the control of inventory across one location or many and the associated warehouse management tasks.

• Part of firms logistics system that stores products at and between point of origin and point of consumption.

• Warehousing provides time and place utility for raw materials, industrial goods, and finished products, allowing firms to use customer service as a dynamic value-adding competitive tool.

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About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American multinationalelectronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington,United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. The company alsoproduces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-bookreader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider ofcloud computing services.

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Amazon.com ProductsAmazon.com sells lots and lots of stuff. You can find beauty supplies,clothing, jewelry, gourmet food, sporting goods, pet supplies, books, CDs,DVDs, computers, furniture, toys, garden supplies, bedding and almostanything else you might want to buy.

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Warehouse System -

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Amazon.com Warehouse Design & Layout

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KIVA System robotic unit is a battery powered robots specially designed to provides Complete Warehouse Automation Solution.

Kiva System robot is used to store, move and sort all items in the warehouse which enables facility managers to focus on the customer, not on the complexity of the equipment.

Kiva System robot army is run by a game-changing automation technology that helps companies to simplify its operation task and reduce the costs which result in increasing strategic flexibility.

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Components of Kiva Robotic System GNIMS Institute

Kiva automated material handling systems consist of several components.

These components are robotic drive units (bots), equipment, mobile inventory shelves (pods),

and software are unique to Kiva Systems.

The complete work stations is

configured to fit Warehousing

requirements, a wireless network

and a server-based back end system.

All of these are deployed within

a distribution center and the final

pieces are the human operators who

pick, pack and ship orders using the

automated system

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How does Kiva Robotic System functions? GNIMS Institute

Traditionally, goods were moved around the warehouse center using conveyors, or by

human operated tow racks or forklifts.

Whereas in Kiva System ,

Goods are kept on a portable storage units.

1. When an order arrives these battery powered

robots are guided by computerized control

system to fetch the order

2. These robots are guided by the 2D bar codes on the floor to navigate their way to mobile shelves containing the desired inventory.

3. When this drive reaches the desired location it places itself beneath a pod and lifts it from the ground and moves.

4. Then it is again guided to human packer who takes care of the next process.

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Industrial SolutionsGNIMS Institute

Kiva solutions deliver accuracy, productivity and flexibility across a wide range of

products, processes and industries.

Kiva system operations handles wide product range

from aspirin to audio components

● Books to bath towels ● Crutches to candles

●Diapers to Dishes ● Elbow pads to earrings

● Fan belts to folders ●Golf balls to ball gowns

● Hair gel to Hand bags

Kiva system is highly productive and cost-effective than

any traditional automation approach hence its implemented in the following markets:-

• E-commerce

• Retail

• Medical Devices & Supplies

• Apparel & Footwear

• Health & Beauty etc

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Warehousing Features of the SystemGNIMS Institute

I. It has a Multi-client Warehousing

II. Uses Multi - Storage facilities

III. Moves goods in all possible ways

IV. Uses efficient Robotic materials-handling System

V. Use an effective storage plan

VI. Minimize aisle space

VII. Uses maximum height of the building

VIII. Uses Very Less Manpower during warehousing operations

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Special Features GNIMS Institute

Increase Productivity

Lower installation and operational Cost

Rapid Installation

Improve Worker Safety

Add Capacity Quickly

Fast Picking

High Volume Order Picking

Multi-level storage

High Accuracy

Inline Sorting

High Reliability

Built-in Productivity Monitoring

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Process of the Kiva System Inc. GNIMS Institute

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Video on Kiva - Warehouse

Management System

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