Many industrial sectors are had experienced supply problems (stock shortages, longer delivery times, quarantine of suppliers etc.) as a result of the health crisis.
But restocking, or replenishment, is an essential step in the supply chain. It directly impacts a company’s performance and logistics efficiency.
How can the restocking of order picking zones be simplified and streamlined to ensure the fastest, easiest, and most efficient picking possible, even in the face of unforeseen events?
A distribution centre typically holds 2 types of stock: picking (or order picking) stock and inventory stock.
Restocking is the transfer of items from inventory to order picking stock. To guarantee productivity, order forecasts based on the following criteria are calculated:
© Warehouse operators
These are the instrumental criteria when it comes to meeting the shortest possible deadlines for delivery to the end customer.
Efficient restocking thus ensures the timely satisfaction of orders placed by customers.
There are 5 different restocking methods :
The pandemic we are experiencing in the current context of globalization has led to supply delays for many companies.
As the 2020 Barometer of Supply Chain Risks by the management consulting firm KYU explains:
With the crisis, the shortage of supply sources has proved to be a major obstacle.
In its report of about forty pages, KYU notes that supply is a sensitive issues for enterprises. And an issue that requires serious risk management.
Other risk factors for the supply chain are cited in the report, including:
Enterprises therefore have to:
To make up for delays caused by late restocking at the distribution centre, picking has to be as rapid and efficient as possible.
Supply chain managers have to perform a multitude of inventory forecast calculations.
Scallog offers a Warehouse Control System (WCS) solution with smart algorithms that perform many of these calculations automatically.
The algorithms also generate automatic 24/7 restocking alerts that are relayed directly to your suppliers.
© A supply chain manager calculates the right levels of stock
This solution greatly reduces the work of supply chain managers.
The Scallog system is the perfect complement to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Warehouse Management System (WMS) tool already installed in the distribution centre.
Movements related with product counts, costly emergency restocking, the stock shortages and unscheduled breaks in production decrease drastically.
With Scallog, you can make sure restocking in your distribution centre runs smoothly.
Order preparation and picking stock management are fully optimized by the solution.
Boby robots work with operators to increase productivity threefold.
Scallog's goods to man system reduces physical exertion by operators while simplifying the restocking process.
Looking to ensure efficient picking with optimized restocking? Feel free to contact us.