Research On Warehousing And Picking Process Of MK Distribution Center

With the rapid growth of electronic commerce, logistics industry has been recently playing an important role in economic development, and distribution center mode is consequently generated. The warehousing and picking process is very critical during distribution center operations and the efficiency of order picking is the key factor to evaluate the quality and service level of the distribution center. The process of warehousing and order picking is complicated and time consuming work, so it makes sense to discuss how to make a rational plan and improve the work efficiency of the warehousing and order picking process.MK is a direct sales company manufacturing cosmetics products and has its own distribution centers. But there obviously exist some issues in order picking process such as inappropriate warehouse layout and storage policy, obsolete picking equipment, inefficient order processing and insufficient capacity etc. The thesis is mainly researching on the operations of MK distribution center through analyzing the current status and existing issues in MK distribution center operation process management to provide the optimization proposals of warehousing management and order picking process through optimizing storage layout of functional area by SLP analysis, applying ABC inventory classification by EIQ(Order Entry, Item, Quantity) analysis, upgrading picking process equipment, installing electronic label system and optimizing order processing. Hope the above issues of MK distribution center can be solved and the capacity and working efficiency of the warehousing and order picking process can be improved by this thesis.