ORGANIZATION OF THE LOGISTICS PROCESS OF CARGO HANDLING

Abstract

The paper establishes that the logistics process in a warehouse includes a technological process of cargo handling, which covers the totality of all main and auxiliary operations carried out in a certain sequence. The success of the rational organization of the technological process in a warehouse is closely related to the optimal selection and implementation of the warehousing system, which determines what technical means will be used for each operation. In addition, it has been found that the biggest problem that exists in a warehouse when managing the cargo handling process is the connection between material (commodity) and information (document management) flows. Therefore, in order to improve this process, the paper proposes a functional model of the logistics process of cargo handling in a warehouse that will allow for a visual demonstration of the interconnected promotion of material (goods flow) and information flows through the warehouse. In addition, in order to optimize management decision-making, analysis and monitoring of logistics costs, the paper provides an appropriate decomposition of the logistics process of cargo handling by the main groups of operations: unloading, receiving and warehousing, picking, shipping and delivery. Thus, the rational implementation of the logistics process in a warehouse is the key to the warehouseʼs profitability. Therefore, a rationally organized logistics process in a warehouse will help to achieve: rational warehouse planning when allocating work areas, which helps to reduce costs and improve the cargo handling process; efficient use of space when placing equipment, which will increase the warehouse capacity; use of universal equipment that performs various warehouse operations and significantly reduces the fleet of lifting and handling machines; minimization of intra-warehouse transportation routes in order to reduce operating costs.