Section IV. Storage of Materials

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-- "FAILURE to CONSIDER ALL of THESE FACTORS

HANDOUT

can and has caused WASTE of SPACE, MANPOWER,

CHECK YOURSELF CAREFULLY AND SERIOUSLY ON

and VALUABLE TIME."

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Yes/

-- "The following are a few things on which you can

CHECK YOURSELVES." (HAND OUT check list, see fig

1. Is there enough light (daylight or electric) in aisles to

82.)

permit safe and efficient operations? ................ .......

-- "If YOU can sit back and answer these questions to

2. In multistory buildings, are the floors overloaded? .......

your own satisfaction, you can consider yourself a

3. Does layout permit efficient use of all available storage

SUPER WAREHOUSEMAN."

space?................................ ..............................

.......

-- "If you CAN'T-- LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."

4. Are "rapid turnover" items easily accessible?.... .......

-- "That's all for this session. We will meet again on

5. Does aisle layout permit speedy movement? .... .......

6. Are aisles as narrow as practicable? ................. .......

(Day)

7. Are there any inventory aisles?.........................

.......

8. Are there unnecessary lateral or fire aisles? .... .......

(Time)

9. Can everyone find material?.............................

.......

10. Is excessive reware housing necessary? .......... .......

(Place)

11. Is the section or floor satisfactory? ....................

.......

12. Are plans being made to improve layout? ......... .......

Note

Unless you can answer 'Yes" to Nos. 1,

3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 12, and "No" to the

others, LETS DO SOMETHING TO

CORRECT THE FAULTS.

Figure 7-2.

Section IV. Storage of Materials

TURNOVER

7-23. Review.

PERISHABILITY

Review of previous session(s).

CRUSHABILITY."

REVIEW PREVIOUS SESSION

-- "From this information we determine the NUMBER,

-- "In our previous session(s) we discussed HOW we

WIDTH, and LOCATION of the TRANSPORTATION

would LAY OUT our storage area and WHERE we

and FIRE AISLES."

would STORE MATERIALS under certain conditions."

-- "These AISLES DIVIDE our FLOORS into a number

-- "The SUCCESS of our PLANNING depends upon

of AREAS where we STORE the MATERIAL."

HOW WELL we are ACQUAINTED with the TOOLS

7-24. Objectives.

with which we have to work."

-- "How much we KNOW about the WARE HOUSES

a. Objectives to be achieved.

regarding:

STATE OBJECTIVES

TYPE

-- "Today, we will discuss HOW we can STACK

SIZE

MATERIAL, the DIFFERENT METHODS used, and

PLATFORMS

WHEN they are used."

DOORS

-- "BEFORE we actually 'put away' our supplies we must

COLUMNS

know the OBJECTIVES-- WHAT we are trying to

WINDOWS

achieve."

FLOOR LOADS

-- "There are FOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES in storing:"

ELEVATORS."

(WRITE the following points on a blackboard:)

"How much we KNOW about the MATERIALS

regarding:

CONSERVE SPACE

TYPE

ASSURE SPEED OF MOVEMENT

AMOUNT

ASSURE STABILITY

SIZE

ORDERLINESS

WEIGHT

SHAPE

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