Description
Review & Analyze
In today’s manufacturing environment, companies are faced with continuing challenges involving production and relationships to supplier locations. The logistics of material flow, communication, sequencing, and the return of transport items require substantial coordination to meet production demand.
Materials management is a core supply chain function and includes supply chain planning and supply chain execution capabilities. Specifically, materials management is the capability firms use to plan total material requirements. The material requirements are communicated to procurement and other functions for sourcing.
A company’s material handling system and processes are put in place to improve customer service, reduce inventory, shorten delivery time, and lower overall handling costs in manufacturing, distribution and transportation.
After reviewing the assessment above answer the following questions.
1. Identify the major advantages of automated materials
handling systems versus manual or nonautomated
systems.
2. In what ways do materials handling systems impact the
efficiency and effectiveness of the warehouse?
