Improvement of the Logistics Flows in the Receiving Process of a Warehouse

Afonso Vaz de Oliveira, Carina M. Oliveira Pimentel, Radu Godina, João Carlos de Oliveira Matias and Susana M. Palavra Garrido
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Afonso Vaz de Oliveira: Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Carina M. Oliveira Pimentel: Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Radu Godina: UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
João Carlos de Oliveira Matias: Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Susana M. Palavra Garrido: CeBER, Faculty of Economics, Universidade de Coimbra, Av Dias da Silva 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal

Logistics, 2022, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: Background : The present work is related to a project developed in a company dealing with the security and communication systems, fire alarms, and electronic displays sector, located in the district of Aveiro. This work aims to improve the logistics flow of material reception in the warehouse of a company by using case study research methodology. Methods : Initially, there were too many queues at reception and high throughput times. The approach used to solve these problems was balancing the workstations, with the help of industrial simulation software (Arena ® ) and changing the existing layout, making the queues residual in order to reduce the throughput times. Results : Considerable savings were achieved with this approach in terms of operational costs. A reduction of the throughput time by 28% is reached and a reduced number of workstations is achieved, as well as a greater capacity to receive more material without the need for further investment. Conclusions : The changes in the layout allowed improvements at the ergonomic level and greater organization (5 S’s) at the workstations, thus having a positive impact on the employees’ working conditions.

Keywords: logistics; warehouse receiving; process mapping; balancing; industrial simulation; Arena ® software; warehouse layout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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