IE 421 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stock Keeping Unit, Unit Load, Zappos
15 Feb 2017
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The art and science of moving, storing, protecting, and controlling materials. Mh is a critical element in all facility designs. In most manufacturing facilities, it constitutes from 15 70% of manufacturing costs. It is usually the activity where the greatest cost savings can be obtained. It can (cid:271)e the (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:271)o(cid:374)e of a (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)y"s product execution strategy, and it adds time and place utility to a facility design. List the 10 principles of material handling planning, standardization, work principle, Ergonomics, unit load, space utilization, system, automation, environmental, life cycle costs 5. Distribution centers located in louisville ups-scs, kroger, ann taylor, gap, amazon (zappos) 6. Each stock keeping unit (sku) is assigned a spot b. Enables the use of standardized material handling equipment. Disadvantages of unit loads: time spent forming and breaking down the unit load. Cost of containers/pallets and other load restraining materials used in the unit load empty containers/pallets may need to be returned to their point of origin.
