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1、外文翻譯原文WarehouseassessmentMaterialSource:Auth:M.LahmaAbstractThispaperpresentsanassessmentmethodfwarehousesbasedonasinglefacilitytoursomeQ&A.Themethodhelpsmanagersstudentsthatvisitafacilitytogetmeinfmationfromtourvisitsth

2、roughasimplerapidassessmentfm.Sinceitsinceptionithasbeenappliedtoanumberofcasessuccessfullyidentifyingweakstrongpointsoftheoperations.INTRODUCTIONOverthelastdecadesmanycompanieshaveoffshedmanufacturingactivitiestoAsiaPac

3、ificEasternEurope.Sincetheconsumingmarketshavenotmovedthishasputanincreasingburdenonthedistributionoperationsofsuchcompanies.Companieshavecentralizedwarehouseoperationsinfewbutoftenlargefacilitiesresponsiblefdistributing

4、productsoveralargeregion.Managingefficiencyeffectiveness(service)isagreatchallengefmanagersofsuchfacilities.Asaresulttheyfeelagreatneedtobenchmarkwarehouseoperationsnotonlytheirownbutalsotheircompetits’.Howeverassessingt

5、heperfmanceofadistributionfacilityisatrickybusiness.Evenafterhavingvisitedalargenumberofthemitisstilldifficulttotellafteravisitwhetherthiswasabestinclassoperationjustaboveaverageevenrelativelypoperfming.Neverthelessevens

6、httourvisitscanrevealalotofinfmationtothetrainedeye.Thispaperproposesamethodtohelpmanagersgettingmeinfmationfromtourvisitsthroughasimplerapidassessmentfm.Thefmshouldbefilledoutimmediatelyafterthevisit.Themajfunctionsofaw

7、arehousearetosteproductsindertomakeanasstmentfcustomerstoassemblecustomerderssometimestoaddvaluetothedersbycustomizationactivitiesganizetranspttothecustomersshipderstimely.Warehouseperfmancetherefehasmultipledimensions.O

8、ftenperfmanceismeasuredintermsofratiosofoutputinputfacts.Outputcustomerders)thepersonshouldhaveanideaofthecustomers’wisheswhethertherearedeadlinesfthe(batch)dertobeshipped(manylargewarehouseswkwithfixeddepartureschedules

9、)whattheconsequencesarefnotfinishingthewkinatimelymanner.AREA2:CLEANLINESSENVIRONMENTERGONOMICSSAFETYHYGIENE(HACCP)Thisisanareathatisrelativelyeasytoassess.Ifafacilityiscleanitusuallyindicatesthatmanagementganizestheproc

10、esseswell.Incleanfacilitiesitemsdonotgetlostinventyaccuracyishigher(aswellasderfulfillmentaccuracy)thereisanoverallsensitivitytoderliness.derpickingwarehouses(wherecaseitempickingoccur)typicallygeneratemuchwaste(palletsh

11、avetobeunwrappedboxeshavetobeopened)wkershavetobeabletogetridofitinaneasyway.Inwellrunwarehousesonecanfindwastebasketsinfrontoftherackswherewastecanbeseparatedimmediatelyatthesourcebytype.Inawellrunfacilitytheairiscleann

12、oiselevelsarelowitiswelllit.Inshtitiscomftabletowkin.Inmanywarehousespickersdonothavefixedwkpositionsbecausetheydrivetruckswalk.Theuseoftinyscreensbuttonsonmobileterminalsleadstolowproductivityeventoerrs.IntheEuropeanwar

13、ehouseofalargeJapanesemanufacturerofconsumerelectronicspickersusemobileterminalstoreceivepickinstructionsconfirmthepicks.Safetyisofutmostimptanceinmanywarehousesespeciallywhereheavypalletliftingcranesareused.Warehousessh

14、ouldhavesafetravelpathsfpedestrianssafetycollisionprotectiondevices.Unsafewkingconditionscanbediscernedfromtheamountofdamageattheracksatthetruckssignboardsindicatingthenumberofaccidentsifpeoplesmokeinabatterygingarea.Hyg

15、iene(basedonhazardanalysiscriticalcontrolpoints)isofparticularimptancefwarehouseswhichprocess(pet)foodsdrugsrawmaterialsfsuchproducts.Ifdeepfrozenproductswaitfaconsiderabletimeinaninsufficientlyconditionedreceivingshippi

16、ngareatheconditionoftheproductmaydeteriate.AREA3:USEOFSPACETECHNICALINSTALLATIONSLabisthemostimptantingredientofoperationalcostfacilitycost(includingtechnicalinstallations)isaclosesecond.Whetherbuildingstechnicalinstalla