Distribution Centre Management

Zaw's Reflection

I missed the trip on 24th November 2008 but I have heard about it from my friends who went for the trip. On 24th November 2008 the LOM students went the to Army Logistics Base (ALB) to observe the real life warehouse processes and distribution industry and also to learn about the different application of the different types of material handling equipment and storage system. They learnt about how the IT technology is used to enhance the logistics operations performances and production.

First of all, according to the structure of the building, the type of flow that the ALB used is through flow. The building is about 30 meters and it is 10 stories tall. The storage system that the ALB use are Bin ASRS for the small items, Pallets ASRS and APIR.

Power mobile racking system

The warehouse uses power mobile racking system at the main storage area. The product that are stored in power mobile racking are the products that do not have high through put level. The purpose of using mobile racking system is to reduce the space utilization of the warehouse. Moreover,  they use the vertical carousel system at the medical storage area. The area is air conditioned to provide an environment that will stretch the life of the products.

Forklift

The MHEs used at the inbound area of ALB are the forklift and very narrow aisle machine. They also use the laser guided vehicle at the outbound area. The type of delivery trucks that are used at ALB are 10 foot container trucks.

This educational field trip has provided me a lot of knowledge about the warehousing and how they store the products.