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Your warehouse or distribution center layout greatly affects the performance of your
business. In fact, without a properly configured warehouse layout, you could face
capacity issues and even a decrease in productivity.
Complete the following activities in order to understand the importance of the layout
when designing a Distribution Center or warehouse.
a. Read the following description of a Distribution Center and complete it with the
words from the box.
Fuente: SENA
A) According to the image, complete the following paragraph by selecting the best
preposition for each case.
While creating a layout for your warehouse or distribution center can
be considered a big task, it doesn't have to be complicated. The
following tips can help you navigate the process of laying out your
warehouse and make the most out of your space.
1. Make sure you have enough pallets to store all your goods
in/on/at them.
2. Organize your pallets evenly in/on/at specific racks in such
way that it is easy for the machinery –forklifts- to access them.
3. There should be enough space for your equipment or
machinery to move by/near/through the warehouse.
4. The machinery or equipment station must be far/below/close
the shipping and receiving area in order to load and unload
freight trucks.
5. The offices must be located in front of/under/above the
warehouse racking for you to supervise the activity within the
warehouse.
Let’s check another example of a distribution center. Pay attention to the different
areas within this distribution center and answer the questions below:
Fuente: SENA
B) Write sentences to describe the previous distribution center. Do not forget to use
prepositions to describe their location. Check the example:
A) Pros and Cons. Read the following statements about Distribution Center
Design and decide in your agree or disagree with the statement. Do some
research on the topic and provide pros and cons for each statement.
Your opinion:
I disagree. I think Distribution
Centers must have a specific design
that helps the regular non-changing
flow of goods.
The layout in your warehouse must
be flexible PROS:
-With flexible Distribution
Centers you can ensure your
facilities are ready for anything that
comes in the future.
CONS:
-Flexible Distribution Centers tends
to be more disorganized. It is hard to
keep control of the changes.
Having an aisle map will help you Your opinion: I am in favor of this
validate that the correct item is in the since we can identify several places
assigned location.
PROS: we will better identify the
work areas and where the
evacuation
Provide for the level of automation Your opinion I agree the issue of
that can be cost-justified based on amortization can help with the cost
your particular operation and cost function
structure.
PROS your operation and structure
of particular costs will have a better
management
Criterios de evaluación
Explica claramente las ventajas y desventajas de una posible decisión en
lo técnico.
Criterios de evaluación
Explica claramente las ventajas y desventajas de una posible decisión en
lo técnico.