Inbound Logistics Management:Storage and Supply of Materials for the Modern Supply Chain

Cover
Inbound Logistics Management
Brief contents
Contents
List of figures and photos
Preface
Publisher’s acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
The supply function
	Stores
	Responsibilities
	Organisation
	Position of stores within the purchasing and supply organisation
	Relationships with other departments
	Materials management
	Logistics
	The supply chain concept
	The British Standard guide to stock control
Identification of materials
	Coding of materials
	Advantages of a coding system
	Code symbols
	Interpretation of codes
	Methods of coding
	Self-validating codes
	Organising a materials vocabulary
	Specification
	Bar coding
	Variety reduction
	Some widely used coding systems
Receipt and inspection
	Advance ship notice/advance shipping notification (ASN)
	Expediting
	Receipts from suppliers
	Scrap arising
	Inspection
	Vendor quality rating
	Marshalling receipts
	Receipt of capital items
Issue and despatch
	Authorisation of issues
	Identification of requirements
	Timing of issues
	Methods of issuing stores for internal use
	Despatch of goods outside the organisation
Records and systems: warehouse management systems
	The scope of WMS
	Operating a typical WMS
	Voice directed picking (VDP)
	Radio frequency identification (RFID)
	Purposes of stock records
	Electronic data interchange (EDI)
	Web-based enterprise resource planning (ERP)
	Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
	Further reading
Materials accounting
	The value of stores in stock
	Basis of material costing
	Methods of pricing material issues
	Arrangement of stores accounts
	Provisions
	Control of stock by value
	Budgetary control
	Annual audit
Approaches to the provision of materials: JIT/lean and agile supply
	Reasons for holding stock
	Dependent and independent demand
	Approaches taken in production organisations
	Lean and agile supply
	Differing stock control needs of construction, service and retail organisations
	The extent of stockholdings
	Ordering quantities
	Range
	Consignment stocking
	Further reading
Stock control techniques
	Provisioning
	Approaches to control
	Visual approaches to control
	Programming deliveries
	Ordering quantities
	The need for differential control
	ABC analysis
	Classification of stock according to purpose
	Forecasting demand
	The use of probability in inventory control
	The setting of reorder levels
	The provision of safety stocks
	Simulation
Stock checking and stocktaking
	Physical security
	Responsibility for stock
	Purposes of stocktaking
	Periodic stocktaking
	Continuous stocktaking
	Stocktaking procedure
	Treatment of discrepancies
	Obsolescence and redundancy
	Stock checking
Storehouses and stockyards
	New stores buildings
	Large central storehouses
	Storehouses serving one factory or operating unit
	Hiring of storage accommodation
	Stockyards
	Construction of stockyards
	Stockyard facilities
	Buildings and enclosures within the stockyard
Stores operations
	Security
	Knowledge of materials
	Prevention of deterioration
	Storehouse location systems
	Flow
	Departmental stores
	Work-in-progress stores
	Sub-stores
	Special storage facilities
	Centralisation of storage facilities
	Central stores
	The assessment of stores efficiency
	The measurement of stores efficiency
	Redundant stock
Corporate social responsibility
	What is corporate social responsibility?
	European Directives on health and safety at work
	Manual lifting
	The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations
	Mechanical lifting
	Human factors in accident prevention
	Fire precautions
	Further reading
Storage equipment
	Adjustable steel shelving
	Bins
	Pallets
	Racks
	Portable receptacles
	Measuring equipment
	Ladders and steps
	Cleaning equipment
	General tools
	Live storage
	Automation of warehouse work
Materials handling
	Benefits of proper materials handling
	Manual handling
	Mechanical handling
	Assessment of handling problems for mechanisation
	Hand-operated equipment
	Power-driven equipment
	The relationship of materials handling to transport
Procedures manuals
	The need for procedures manuals
	Procedures
	Advantages and disadvantages of a manual
	Preparation of the manual
	Contents of the manual
	Publication and distribution
	Implementation of the manual
	Work study
Index