ADVANCED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

2. Warehouse Management
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3. Institute Name - GNIMS
Batch - III (2011-13)
Professor. - Prof. Umesh
Subject - Supply Chain Management
Semester - 2nd Semester
Group Members - Roll Nos.
Ritesh Singh - 50
Shiva Kottary - 54
Prajot Parate - 49
Falakh Khan - 44
Anand Medar - 62
Satyaraj Nadar - 59
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4. Index
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1. What is Warehouse Management ?
2. About the Company: Amazon .com
3. About Warehouse Management System used in Amazon
4. Robotic WM Systems
5. Components of WM System
6. Functioning of WM System
7. Industrial Solutions
8. Special Features
9. Process of the Co.
10. Video

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Warehouse Management
• Term “Warehousing” is referred as transportation at zero miles per hour.
• Warehouse Management includes the control of inventory across one
location or many and the associated warehouse management tasks.
• Part of firms logistics system that stores products at and between point of
origin and point of consumption.
• Warehousing provides time and place utility for raw materials, industrial
goods, and finished products, allowing firms to use customer service as a
dynamic value-adding competitive tool.
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About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American multinational
electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington,
United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. The company also
produces consumer electronics—notably the Amazon Kindle e-book
reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer—and is a major provider of
cloud computing services.
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7. Amazon.com Products
Amazon.com sells lots and lots of stuff. You can find beauty supplies,
clothing, jewelry, gourmet food, sporting goods, pet supplies, books, CDs,
DVDs, computers, furniture, toys, garden supplies, bedding and almost
anything else you might want to buy.
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8. Amazon.com Process Model
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9. Amazon.com Warehouse
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Warehouse System -
KIVA in Amazon.com

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Amazon.com Warehouse Design & Layout
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12. Amazon.com Warehouse Management
System
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 KIVA System robotic unit is a battery powered robots specially designed to provides
Complete Warehouse Automation Solution.
 Kiva System robot is used to store, move and sort all items in the warehouse which
enables facility managers to focus on the customer, not on the complexity of the
equipment.
 Kiva System robot army is run by a game-changing automation technology that
helps companies to simplify its operation task and reduce the costs which result in
increasing strategic flexibility.
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13. Components of Kiva Robotic System
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Kiva automated material handling systems consist of several components.
These components are robotic drive units (bots), equipment, mobile inventory shelves (pods),
and software are unique to Kiva Systems.
The complete work stations is
configured to fit Warehousing
requirements, a wireless network
and a server-based back end system.
All of these are deployed within
a distribution center and the final
pieces are the human operators who
pick, pack and ship orders using the
automated system
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14. How does Kiva Robotic System functions?
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Traditionally, goods were moved around the warehouse center using conveyors, or by
human operated tow racks or forklifts.
Whereas in Kiva System ,
Goods are kept on a portable storage units.
1. When an order arrives these battery powered
robots are guided by computerized control
system to fetch the order
2. These robots are guided by the 2D bar codes on the floor to navigate their way to
mobile shelves containing the desired inventory.
3. When this drive reaches the desired location it places itself beneath a pod and lifts it
from the ground and moves.
4. Then it is again guided to human packer who takes care of the next process.
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15. Industrial Solutions
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Kiva solutions deliver accuracy, productivity and flexibility across a wide range of
products, processes and industries.
Kiva system operations handles wide product range
from aspirin to audio components
● Books to bath towels ● Crutches to candles
●Diapers to Dishes ● Elbow pads to earrings
● Fan belts to folders ●Golf balls to ball gowns
● Hair gel to Hand bags
Kiva system is highly productive and cost-effective than
any traditional automation approach hence its implemented in the following markets:-
• E-commerce
• Retail
• Medical Devices & Supplies
• Apparel & Footwear
• Health & Beauty etc
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16. Warehousing Features of the System
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I. It has a Multi-client Warehousing
II. Uses Multi - Storage facilities
III. Moves goods in all possible ways
IV. Uses efficient Robotic materials-handling System
V. Use an effective storage plan
VI. Minimize aisle space
VII. Uses maximum height of the building
VIII. Uses Very Less Manpower during warehousing operations
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17. Special Features
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 Increase Productivity
 Lower installation and operational Cost
 Rapid Installation
 Improve Worker Safety
 Add Capacity Quickly
 Fast Picking
 High Volume Order Picking
 Multi-level storage
 High Accuracy
 Inline Sorting
 High Reliability
 Built-in Productivity Monitoring
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18. Process of the Kiva System Inc.
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Video on Kiva - Warehouse
Management System
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THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING
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