TY - JOUR AU - Dragomirov, Nikolay PY - 2020/08/17 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AREAS IN WAREHOUSE LAYOUT DESIGN JF - KNOWLEDGE - International Journal JA - kij VL - 41 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/936 SP - 121 - 126 AB - <p>Warehouses are an integral part of any efficient logistics system. Through their integration, a number of<br>issues concerning the movement of material flows in the supply chain, from their origin to the location of final<br>consumption, are properly addressed. In context of intensified competition, warehouses are not only a costs-effective<br>centres, but they are also a vital element of a larger and heavily loaded system. In such a situation, each element of<br>this system has to make the most rational use of its limited resources and its performance is crucial for every other<br>entity in the systems. Warehouses can be seen as sub-systems in which a number of complex processes are managed<br>and the degree of their interaction and integration is crucial, as is our knowledge about that. The complexity of the<br>problem is a result of the nature of warehousing systems and in particular their economics and technical nature.<br>These systems intertwine specific economic and technical competencies and the success of their management lies in<br>their proper collaboration. That requires clarification of the nature of the management of storage systems, especially<br>in the part of the organization of storage areas, where the need for an interdisciplinary approach to management is<br>most evident. In this management problem area, a number of interrelated problems are summarized, concerning the<br>provision of warehouse processes from receiving material flows in the warehouse to their dispatch, especially the<br>processes related to picking and completing orders, which are associated with the highest costs. These processes are<br>related to integrated management of information systems and technologies, storage areas and layout design,<br>strategies and methods for orders picking, as well as the use of storage systems and materials handling machines. In<br>the research paper through literature analysis a number of fundamental issues and principles concerning the<br>organization of storage areas are studied, with an emphasis on the problems of warehouse layout to ensure adequate<br>storage processes - receiving and incoming control, preparation for storage and put away, storage, orders picking,<br>packaging, labelling and other activities such as loading and dispatch. An important part of the work is the applied<br>general classification of storage systems and materials handling machines, as well as the clarification of the<br>connections between them. Knowledge of the abovementioned topics allows successful configuration of storage<br>systems in order to ensure efficient warehousing. Research results indicate the need for further development of a<br>number of studies in the field of warehousing in logistics.</p> ER -