Sunday, December 23, 2007
Product Staging Concepts
Staging activity is one of the critical activities in the receiving and shipping area. This area is meant for housing incoming (waiting to be stored) and outgoing (waiting to be shipped) goods. There must be sufficient space directly behind the dock doors to hold inbound and outbound shipments for a full delivery truck. This space must be carefully planned and designed so there is high employees’ productivity with minimal damage to the products, and accurate inventory control. Another space requirement in this area includes the space required to hold empty shipping and receiving tools, such as pallets.
The best dock area designs allow mobile material handling equipments, such as forklift, to travel in between the dock plate and the staging area, and in between staging area and storage area. As such, the staging area needs traffic aisle which connects the dock area to the storage area.
Staging activity is one of the critical activities in the receiving and shipping area. This area is meant for housing incoming (waiting to be stored) and outgoing (waiting to be shipped) goods. There must be sufficient space directly behind the dock doors to hold inbound and outbound shipments for a full delivery truck. This space must be carefully planned and designed so there is high employees’ productivity with minimal damage to the products, and accurate inventory control. Another space requirement in this area includes the space required to hold empty shipping and receiving tools, such as pallets.
The best dock area designs allow mobile material handling equipments, such as forklift, to travel in between the dock plate and the staging area, and in between staging area and storage area. As such, the staging area needs traffic aisle which connects the dock area to the storage area.
However, any unusual or special goods, such as very large or small, odd shaped, or need special handling, should be held separately.
Examples of dock staging designs are: floor stack, standard rack, drive-in rack, push-back rack, stacking frames, and conveyor accumulation. Each of these designs has its advantages and disadvantages. Companies have to select the designs based on the type of products kept and the layout of its warehouse.
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