About Larry Willett Expertise Specialist in 3rd Party Warehousing and eCommerce Fulfillment, Generalist in handling, storage and distribution of most products and commodities including Retail Goods, Food Products, and HazMat
Experience 25 years in retail distribution, both private and 3rd party. President of 3rd party logistics provider in Los Angeles for 10 years
Organizations Warehouse Education Research Council, Council of Logistics Management, International Warehouse Logistics Assn.
Question I would you like to know if you know some solutions for the this problem : The WMS does a mistake when it calculate the location capacity. I think because in my firm someone gives a strong cube to the products(cd,dvd...), because some managers decide to calculate cube's products basing on ship packages and not basing on the product!!!!!!
What do you think?
thanks
and sorry for my english
Answer Ignazio
First you need to make sure the location's cubic storage capacity is properly set up in the WMS. It needs to reflect the amount of storage cube minus the cube of the pallet, if one is used, and also minus space at the top to allow for the product to be placed into the rack or shelf.
Second, you need to calculate the size of the product unit including the container it is packaged in. You need to know how many boxes of product will fit into the space for storage.
You are on the right track because either the storage space or the product cube is not being calculated correctly.
