Physical flows management
Activities and responsibilities
This team is in charge of the activities linked to the physical flows within the site:
- receiving (trucks unloading, pallet breakdown, administrative receipt, storage);
- production line feeding with kitting and/or repacking if required;
- production line picking;
- physical material movements between production lines;
- shiping (picking, pallet consolidation, shipping documents, trucks loading).
And also some specific activities:
- cycle counting (results analysis is normaly done or consolidated by the Inventory Analyst function which is part of the Supply Chain Design Team);
- VRO counting, if you are using VRO.
Main functions
All these activities can be grouped in 5 main functions:
- Receiving/Shipping operator;
- Paperwork administrator;
- Material handler;
- Cycle counter;
- VRO counter;
Managed by one or multiple supervisors.
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