Serafin is a Czech company with headquarters in Sokolov and stores in Prague and Karlovy Vary. It deals with production of natural herbal products. Besides the herbal products manufacturing itself, the company also provides counseling and organizes educational seminars.
APPLICATION: Verification of the needed storage and shipping capacities, including the spaces for completion of forwarding shipments in new shipping premises.
INDUSTRY: Manufacturing
SECTOR: Food
BENEFIT: Recommendation of the most suitable way to arrange the shipping warehouse and a draft of production and storage technologies deployment in the production part of the company.
Objectives of the study
The objective of the study in Serafin – byliny s.r.o. was:
- verification of the needed storage and shipping capacities, including the spaces for completion of forwarding shipments in new shipping premises
- determination of the types and amount of storage and handling technologies,
draft and verification of the placement of individual articles in the shipping warehouse,
- verification of possible changes and adjustments in the requirements for automatic identification, information technology and requirements for the information system,
- proposal for collision points removal in the new layout,
- verification of the material flows and permeability of individual manufacturing operations,
- optimization of material flows,
- proposal of intermediate warehouses and storage rooms including their location.
Picture no. 1 – Andělská prodejna store
Solution
Within the adjustment of the new shipping warehouse, we proposed changes in the information system for securing faster and more effective work during customer requirements processing. At the same time, we proposed the use of an automatic identification system and a WMS (Warehouse Management System) for work in the shipping warehouse
Picture no. 2 – the process of material records using a barcode
For the completion of customer orders, we proposed the use of crates and conveyor for moving the crates around racks when completing a consignment.
Picture no. 3 – A roller conveyor for consignment movement
Last but not least, we prepared a complete layout of the whole shipping warehouse arrangement for securing logical continuity of material flows, goods restocking to the completion zone, completion itself, packaging process and preparation for the expedition zone according to the type of transportation to customers.
Picture no. 4 – The proposed expedition solution
Proposed measures cover the entire complex of problematic points in the area of shipping activities. Integration of individual parts into one functional whole is crucial for optimization of the income system and order management which is complemented by a technology using barcodes for item identification. Furthermore, it was necessary to perfect the consignment handling which until now, was only handled manually through a system of writing individual acts down in a paper notebook. A sophisticated system of storing goods on the shelves, special crates for consignment completion, roller conveyor and forklifts for transporting crates will all help to deal with this situation.
In the production part, we proposed to change the location of some machinery for decreasing the need for handling in production and permeability of some manufacturing processes – the preparation of the complete proposal of production layout change.
At the same time, we recommended creating a tool for calculation of needed sizes of production batches (calculation in accordance with the current needs, stock level and duration of production operations). For more effective production management, we recommended to use readers for tracking the production using barcodes on production orders.
Picture no 5 – An example of using barcodes for working in a warehouse, as well as in production
“Dynamic FUTURE s.r.o. helped us streamline and speed up the work in our shipping department. Thanks to their help, we were able to take away one employee, but at the same time, be more effective by 30 %. We will save money, because we work smartly. Thank you.” – Petr Gasparik, Managing Director of Serafin-byliny s.r.o.