WAREHOUSE SITE VISIT REPORT

ERPL WAREHOUSE, VADAPE, BHIWANDI

DATE: 20th and 21st November 2020
Acknowledgement:
I would like to thank Mr. Chinmay Sir and Mr. Azad Sir to accompany me to warehouse and give me an
insight about what actually a warehouse is and how it is eminent part of the supply chain and logistics
industry. I would also like to thank Mr. Dinesh and Mr. Rupesh and Mr. Navin who guided us throughout
the warehouse and patiently answered all my questions and to shared his information to clear the all
doubts of us. Lastly I would like to thank Mr.Naveen sir our ED, Mr.Jayanta sir our HOD and Mr. Manoj
Srivastava Sir, Warehouse manager to giving us this opportunity.
Introduction:
We need different types of goods in our day-to-day life. We may buy some of these items in bulk & store
them in our house . Similarly business organizations or firms also need those items throughout the year
without any break. These kind of items are stored in a special place called WAREHOUSE.
Warehousing:
Warehouse involves storage of goods/items required. Storage involves proper arrangement for preserving
of goods from their time of production or purchase till actual use. When this storage is done on large scale
and in a specified manner then it is reffered as warehousing.
Need for warehouse:

• Increased production
• Seasonal demand
• Large scale production
• Quick supply
Types of Warehouse:

• Exclusive
• Shared
Characteristics of an ideal Warehouse :

• It should be located at convenient place

• It should be mechanically and technologically forward
• It should have large and adequate space
• It should be protected from direct sunlight, rain, dust, moisture
• It should have parking space
• It should have security
• It should have fire fighting equipment and emergency services
Functions of Warehouse:

• For storage of goods

• For protection of goods
 • For processing
• For transportation purpose

WMS (Warehouse Management System):

A warehouse management system is a key part of a supply chain management & primarily aims to control
the movement & storage of materials within a warehouse & process the associated transactions including
shipping, receiving, put away & picking. The systems also direct & optimize stock put away based on real
time information about the status of bin utilization. A WMS monitors the progress of products through the
warehouse. It involves the physical warehouse infrastructure , tracking systems & communication
between station.
SAP SCM Software:
It is used by operational team for fulfill the requirements of various clients orders and to execute the
process. Supply Chain Management (SCM) covers the area of production planning (PP), business
forecasting and demand planning. It controls product flow and information flow across the organizations.
Supply Chain Management is integrated with other business processes such as product discovery
development process, materials purchase process, and production planning process. Supply Chain enables
the maximum customer satisfaction with fewer costs to the organizations

WMS and SAP are generally used for making invoices of the products according to the description of the
product, quantity to be shipped or stored.
After the order generation done in SAP the follow up process is done by indent inward/outward team
which generate the Pick list or sheets which having the information such as product name, description,
batch number, location of the product in the warehouse or rack units, quantities remained, etc.
E-way bill is also created for the product for the documentation process. All this data is recorded with the
help of PALMS Software.
Warehouse floor:
Structure:
The total warehousing area is approximately 1,20,000 sq. feet. Out of which nearly 40,000 to 50,000 sq.
feet area is used for the rack units. While the remaining area is used for on pallet or floor based storing
area.
The warehouse consists of total 8 docks. Docks are the nothing but the opening structure provided for
loading and unloading of the vehicles. These are automatic and provided with hydraulic lifting platform to
adjust the height according to transport vehicle.
The space in between two dock points is called stagging area. This stagging area is used for purpose of
storing the goods during loading and unloading purpose.
Documents used :

• Hauling instructions: It is received by WMS from the client or customer. It includes information
about the company name, haulier, shipping point, delivery address, description about goods to
dispatched such as name of product, quantity, batch number, etc.
 • Supervisor's slip/checklist: It includes information about the product name, number of quantity,
weight of unit, location, batch number, month and year of manufacturing.
• Security slip/checklist: Same as supervisor's slip
• Picking slip: It includes information such as product name, quantity, batch number, location of
product in warehouse
• Vehicle checklist : This sheet keeps the information about the vehicle which is used for supply
and transport of the good. This sheet checks or records type of vehicle, vehicle condition, vehicle
registration certificate, vehicle insurance, driver license, goods quantity received by vehicle,etc.

Floor Operations performed:

• Picking
• Loading
• Unloading
• Stoving
Picking:
In this process the Picker person assigned locate and taken out the goods which are stored in the floor pallets
or the racks. According to location mentioned on the pick list the goods are taken out. After picking the
goods in required quantity the remaining quantity is checked and recorded on the picking slip. Then this
record is submitted to the WMS team for further record purpose.
Loading:
In this operation the the goods picked out by picker for outward are checked by the loading supervisor. The
product, description, capacity, quantities are checked and recorded by the loading supervisor and do the
entry of that data in supervisor’s checklist. The security personnel allotted also do the same process of
checking and recording the goods in security slip. The data recorded by both supervisor and security should
be matched. Then and only the the good will be send to stagging area for dispatch purpose. The invoice and
Lorry receipt is made for the goods to dispatched and according to it the goods are boarded to the vehicles.
Unloading:
The process is similar to the loading operation but in reverse way. The goods to be stored at warehouse are
checked for number of units or quantity, quality of package, condition of the goods received, damage or
leakage of product, etc. The data is recorded on supervisor and security checklist. After receiving the goods
on staging area the Picker person took it to the pallet floor or racks where the units to be for stored purpose.
The racks are having different section which are provided with the serial number for easily locating the
specific goods in the warehouse.
The racks are provided with the two different sections namely- HOLD and DMO
HOLD- The damaged or leakage units are stored in the HOLD section. The units are kept in this section
because the decision is to taken whether the goods is going forward for further shipping or it is to declared
as a waste. The RDA department of the client is informed about this damaged product. Then RDA will
come to check the product placed in HOLD section and takes the decision accordingly.
DMO- The units which completely damaged or waste are kept under this section.
Equipment used :

• Pallets: This are wooden rectangular platforms provided for holding the oil/lubricant/grease barrel
they help to keep the barrel away from the ground contact and it can be easy to inspect or notice if
there is any leakage on the barrel. It will make easy to lift or move the barrel from one place to
other too. A single pallet can have capacity upto 800 kgs.
• Fork lift: They are used for easy movement of goods with help of pallets. This are provided with
extended bars to sustain the load of goods equally and moves the goods safely and be stable during
it’s movement.
• Material handling equipment (MHE): They are used to lift or keep material at different height
levels. It is used mostly for storing goods in the racks unit. The lifting capacity of machine is upto
1600 kgs
• Articulated machine:. Same as MHE serves to lift or move the goods from one place to the other.

Warehouse computer station:

Inward department : Inward process in its simplest form is just taking an item and placing in it storage
with following standard operating procedure like reporting ,unloading, picking ,storing and all
documentation done in inward dept .
Outward department: Outward process in its simplest form is just outing an item and store in a vehicle
according to customer order & and safely deliver to customer place with following standard operating
procedure like getting customer order detail ,picking ,storing goods in staging area, loading goods in the
vehicle ,report vehicle outing time and all documentation done in outward department .
Lorry receipt/ bilty : LR is a important document issued by company if goods are sent through road transport
its is proof of delivery of goods to point of destination or warehouse .
Tp & Deployment department: Flow of work of this department getting order from customer and opening
the order and plan for a transport and deploy to fullfill the customer reuirement and prepare the document
.all the operation are perform using SAP application .
Inventory Management: It means manage the the right stock at right levels in the right place at right time
and at right cost as well as price it help to maintain desired stock level .the desired level is a fuction of
customer service requirement and the cost of inventory investment.
Data collected table : To collection of data we will visit the richland commercial hub and Shree Rajlaxmi
Logistic park but due to covid19 pandemic situation office staff do not entertain us the below data are
collected by observing physically and talk with guard and worker near the warehouse

Warehousing company /3PL Customer/ account of company Material detail based on

company
1.Citi solution warehousing pvt Leap india pvt ltd
ltd .
2.Armstrong ceiling solution
3.Alexis globel pvt ltd
4.Amul India
/Elegant Transport Company
(provide only transportation)
5.FM india supply chain pvt ltd Siemens Healthcare pvt ltd
6.Ashiwini Logistic solution
7 Jyoti Labs
8.Ingram micro pvt ltd
9.Rpm Logistic
10.Jayem warehousing pvt ltd
11.Jayem Warehousing pvt ltd
12.Dachser india pvt ltd and
Citi solution warehousing pvt
ltd (shared warehouse)
13.Dabur india warehouse
14.Citi solution warehouse pvt
ltd
15.CFA life care logistic pvt ltd
16.Spear logistic pvt ltd
17.Tvs logistic services ltd
Absortech pvt ltd
Jk tyres
Armstrong ceiling solution
Bright lifecare pvt ltd
Amul india (owner of All amul food product
warehouse )
ABLN BEV
Self account jyoti labs
Self account
Haier
Trucaekidz india pvt ltd
Rational International pvt ltd
Mistubhi Electical pvt ltd
Atomberg technologies pvt ltd
Bundl technology pvt ltd
Unicity health pvt ltd
Aptech ltd
Epson India
Vikram solar
Millinium Soft tech
Ibm india pvt ltd
Bluefair india pvt ltd
Gyproc saint gobain pvt ltd
Panasonic India
Siemens india
JSW living pvt ltd
physical observation .
Wooden pallets
Electronic machine
Tyres
Alluminium coil
Ceiling plates celing materials
Health product : poweder pack
in carton box
Health care product pack in
carton box
Bevrages
Materials pack in carton
All electronic device pack in
carton.
AC ,Electronic appliances
All electronic appliance ,health
care product, beverages , food
items etc.
Printer ,ekectronic device etc
packed in carton .
Food product like milk masala,
ginger garlic paste, vatika
product
Food item and bevrages .
Ceiling material, drywalls
,plasters
All electronic appliance
18.Rivigo warehouse Observing flipkart & amazon
ecommerce company carton
box.
19.Express roadways pvt ltd Exxon mobil lubricant pvt ltd Barrel ,carton,bucket pales