Transcript VYTEC CORPORATION: WAREHOUSE LAYOUT PLANNING Presented by：Wang Yu Shun

VYTEC CORPORATION:
WAREHOUSE LAYOUT PLANNING
Presented by：Wang Yu Shun
Agenda
Introduction
 Introduction of Vytec Corporation
 The Manufacturing Process
 The Finished Good Warehouse
 Planning a New Warehouse Layout
 Case Question
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Introduction
Warehouse
Popular
Good
？
Good That
Should Also
Near Exit
Exit
Introduction of Vytec Corporation
First opened for business in 1962 as Anden
Holdings in London, Ontario, joining Owens
Corning in 1997.
 As a leading manufacturer
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Top quality
 Innovative
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Products
Siding
 Soffit
 Accessories
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The Manufacturing Process
Vinyl resin
Combined with
additives and modifier
Products with
different properties
Extruded through a die and cut to length
Finished
product
Put into corrugated cardboard
cartons
package
Placed on stackable steel racks or “beds”
Delivered to
finished goods
warehouse
The Finished Good Warehouse
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Production Hold
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Forklift’s driver emptied this area arbitrarily several
times per day by transferring product to its
appropriate location in warehouse.
Finished Good Warehouse
Built in many phases over years
 Arranged into 15 different locations, each holding 15
different product groups of siding and soffit.
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The Finished Good Warehouse cont.
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Product Location
There were 15 storage locations with different area.
 The storage locations reflect product line changes.
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Shipping
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Dock
 Major
shipping method
 Load and unload products by human force
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Palletized
 To
fit special customers requirement
 Load and unload products by forklift
Planning a New Warehouse Layout
Case Question
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How to improving the layout of the warehouse
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Whether the improved system would be worth the
additional effort every time there was a change in
demand or product.