Analysis of WMS in Tapal tea
- 1. ANALYSIS OF TAPAL TEA WMS Group Members: Adeel Armaan Zaidi Fahad Khalid Presented to: Sir Zulfiqar Ahmed Farhan
- 2. Introduction of Tapal Tea Established in 1947 Multiple Tea brands TAPAL danedar Family mixture Mezban Tezdum Shades of Green Tapal Special Beverages (Ice Tea)
- 3. Warehouse network in Pakistan TAPAL has 6 main warehouses in Pakistan which are located in the following cities. KARACHI HYDERABAD FAISALABAD SUKKHUR MULTAN RAIWIND
- 4. ERP used by Tapal Tea Tapal tea uses Warehouse Management System (WMS) a module of SAP for their warehouse operations across Pakistan. A comprehensive Warehouse Management System helps streamline multiple functions of your Warehouse. i.e. Receiving Put-away Picking Packing
- 5. Need of WMS in Tapal Tea: Following are the operations that arises the need of WMS in Tapal Tea Timely Storage in Racking system Damages of cartons Active and efficient dispatches Pilferage doubt Immediate Receiving at Dock Identification and traceability of stock Stock movement within the warehouse FG Stock Aging Daily stock verification
- 6. WMS in Tapal Tea Implemented SAP suite WMS in year 2011 Go Life in May 2013 Previously Tapal use Oracle Management’s concept using Oracle was to emphasis on Finance & HR Whereas SAP is strong in manufacturing WMS is the right option for warehouse management
- 7. Advantages for the WMS users: WMS can help Decision makers to access an instant picture of: How much inventory exists in the warehouse How many orders are currently being shipped? What are the stages of processing of pending orders? Staff productivity details Goods shipped by the warehouse over any given period of time.
- 8. Benefits of WMS in Tapal Tea After the implementation of WMS, the management of Tapal tea have been facilitated by various benefits in terms of Inventory management, space utilization, usage of MHE as well as human resource productivity
- 9. Comparison of operations before WMS & after implementation impacts in Tapal Tea Benefits of WMS
- 10. Visibility Visibility of inventory & orders not available Decision making was done on primary information Under / over stocking due to no digital authentic record Manager access to customer queries. Clear information on one window ASN helps further order process. WH activities can be tracked, reported, monitored & controlled. Visible to all authorities & who willing to see. Beneficial for multiple located warehouses & sales offices Before WMS After WMS
- 11. Accuracy Orders accuracy was not controlled Right order to the right customer was complicated Shipping accuracy was a challenge System keeps an intensive check of the goods or an SKU meant for different customers System visibility increases time efficiency Sudden orders can be treated easily by shipping accuracy Before WMS After WMS
- 12. Inventory holding cost Controlled & streamlined inventory flow in profitable & productive manner Payback period is short as 60% organization’s working capital is tied Results of such savings are immediate and apparent After WMS
- 13. Optimized storage Multiple products storage is done manually Orders making is inefficient due to human errors Throughput of inventory was difficult to monitored properly System identify the storage of multiple SKU’s Error less picking of inventory due to system directed All SKU’s are stored dedicatedly System identifies the need of inventory in SKU’s anywhere from the warehouse Before WMS After WMS
- 14. Optimum usage of MHE’s Receiving & put away becomes system directed Interleaving another option for efficient usage of MHE System identifies the maintenance of MHE’s After WMS
- 15. Warehouse ops Accuracy & Speed Inefficiency in time management due to manual data input Right order to the right customer is a challenge Inventory demand completion is time taken Operator's task made easy and data input process becomes fast Programs like Locating and Pulling are especially designed to run on hand- held radio frequency terminals Emphasis on scanner based data input System directed WH activities increases the speed as well as accuracy Before WMS After WMS
- 16. Order processing Only one order can be processed at one time Customer orders suffered due to no visibility of inventory Delays in orders receiving & completion More than one order can be processed at any given time Order processing ease through visibility of inventory available Ease in data entry of orders Time efficiency helps in better resources utilization Before WMS After WMS
- 17. Optimal level of Inventory In an average business around 60% of the working capital is tied down in the inventory Warehouse should maintain optimal level of inventory avoiding both under and over stocking WMS not only streamlines the flow of inventory but also tracks the inventory at various levels of processing Avoid Under & Over stocking through system directed decision making After WMS
- 18. Order & Stock Planning Order & Stock planning not easy in a non-automated warehouse Need of multiple SKU’s not clearly visible Identifying key suppliers is difficult WMS determine how much inventory exists in the various stages of processing unlike in non-automated warehouse management Policy decision to be taken about the reliability of the suppliers Sales dept can determine how much inventory is available and can relate better to the warehouse staff thus improving Customer Relationship levels Before WMS After WMS
- 19. Better Revenue realization Companies often loose considerable amount of revenue due to: Excessive/under stocking Over/under shipping to customers. Wrong consignments. Inaccurate billing. Delay in order processing leading to order cancellation. WMS helps in controlling these losses to a large extent. After WMS
- 20. Resource Planning & Productivity By keeping track of the operator's and staffs' activities, their productivity can be monitored Technical personnel hired for WMS so they help increasing others knowledge Trainings also increases productivity of work force As a result all resources - Man, Machine, and Money are utilized to their optimum level After WMS
- 21. Conclusion “After through analysis of situation, we have achieved all the required activity trough system generated document & New warehouse orientation step by step jobs created and given to time to time have been Successfully completed conclude that proper warehouse management system meet our present requirement.”