What Does a Distribution Center Manager Do?

The new logistics distribution center is a new type of circulation model and operation structure, and its management level requires scientific and modernization. Through a reasonable scientific management system and modern management methods and means, the logistics distribution center can give full play to its basic functions, thereby ensuring the realization of the overall benefits of relevant enterprises and users. The development of management science provides conditions for the modernization and scientificization of circulation management, and promotes the orderly development of the circulation industry. In addition, we must also strengthen the supervision and regulation of the market to make it orderly and standardized.

Logistics Distribution Center

Fast delivery response

The new logistics distribution center is responding faster and faster to the upstream and downstream logistics distribution needs, and the lead time is getting shorter and shorter. in

For a long time, due to the influence of the planned economy, China's logistics is low in socialization, the logistics management system is chaotic, and the organization is diversified.

Automatic sorting system

The operation process of the distribution center includes operations such as "warehousing-storage-picking-picking-temporary storage-out of storage", etc., the sorting operation is a very heavy task. Especially in the face of retail orders with many varieties and small batches, the labor force of distribution centers has greatly increased. Without the support of new technologies, it will lead to a decline in operating efficiency. At the same time, the requirements for logistics services and quality are getting higher and higher, causing some large chain commercial companies to consider picking and sorting as two major problems.

With the rapid progress of science and technology, especially the introduction of sensing technology (laser scanning), barcode and computer control technology, automatic sorting machines have been widely used in distribution centers. China's postal systems have also used automatic sorting equipment for many years. Since there are basically no printed barcodes on China's commodity packaging boxes (referring to transportation packaging), commercial systems have not seriously studied the use of automatic sorters so far.

It should be seen that the sorting efficiency of automatic sorting machines is extremely high, usually 6000-12000 boxes can be sorted per hour; automatic sorting machines are widely used in Japan and Europe. Especially in Japan's chain business (such as Seiyu, Nissei, Takashimaya, etc.) and courier (Yamato, Seino, Sagawa, etc.) the application of automatic sorting machines is more common. It is certain that with the gradual improvement of the logistics environment, the automatic sorting machine is of great use in the field of circulation in China. There are many types of automatic sorters, and their main components are similar. It basically consists of the following parts:

1. Input device: The picked goods are sent to the sorting system by the conveyor.

2. Shelf signal setting device: Before the sorted product enters the sorting machine, the signal setting device (keyboard input, laser scanning barcode, etc.) first enters the sorting information (such as delivery destination, customer account name, etc.) into the computer Central controller.

3. Loading device: or feeder, which sequentially picks the goods into the sorting conveyor belt, and at the same time, accelerates the goods to the speed of the sorting conveyor belt.

4. Sorting device: It is the main body of the automatic sorting machine, including two parts of the conveying device and the sorting device. The former's role is to send the picked goods to the designated sorting crossing position; the latter's role is to send the picked goods to the sorting crossing.

5. Sorting crossing: It is a facility that accepts picked goods from the sorting conveyor. It can temporarily store the goods that have not been removed. When the sorting crossing is full, the photoelectric control prevents the sorting goods from entering the sorting crossing.

6. Computer controller: It is the command center that transfers and controls the entire sorting system. The implementation of automatic sorting mainly depends on it transmitting the sorting signal to the corresponding sorting crossing, and instructing to start the sorting device to send the picked goods into the crossing. The sorter control method is mainly the pulse signal tracking method.