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STORES LAYOUT AND ITS EFFECT TO WAREHOUSING EFFICIENCY

Objective of the study paper: To determine the contribution pf good stores layout to warehousing and organizational efficiency. - To identify the types of stores layout used in warehouses. - To determine indictors of warehousing efficiency. - To establish the relationship stores layout and warehousing efficiency.

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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 STORES LAYOUT AND ITS EFFECT TO WAREHOUSING EFFICIENCY 1.1 INTRODUCTION Stores layout refers to the outwork or arrangement of a storehouse,. It covers how items and materials handling equipments like shelves and wardrobes are arranged in a store to ensure that a store is clean and arranged to the required standards to make sure that there is effective warehousing activities. Stores layout plays a very important role in ensuring safety of storekeepers and staff members who come for materials from the warehouse. In situations where there is poor arrangement of materials there are chances of materials getting obsolete due to poor arrangement of the materials, like the use random stocking. A good store layout requires that the floor plan is of a straight line, which allows for free movement of the stock handlers and allows for an emergency exit which can be used incases of emergencies. Warehousing efficiency refers to the act of making sure that the stores operations go the right way or the way they were arranged. Warehousing efficiency can also be viewed as the act of an organization achieving its objectives in the right way, within the stipulated time, and within ...





... stores layout which will allow easy handling and retrieval of materials.
Majority of the respondents supported the arrangement of stores house in an orderly manner to reduce accidents to staff working in the stores.
The finding also indicated that the time that a staff member has worked in the organization plays a very important role towards warehousing efficiency because of the experience gained.
The author of this trade project noted the factors that are considered when designing a stores layout as:-
- available storage space
- nature of materials to be stored
- cost of building that store house
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Princess R.

Interesting, indeed. My knowledge about structure and design and its effect to business efficiency is limited not until I read this paper. It is a knowledge liberating experience.




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