Selecting the location of the warehouse
When determining storage capacity, it is necessary to take into account the requirements for the conditions and terms of storage of a particular type of raw materials, materials, finished products, etc. For the storage of such raw materials as coal or sand, the requirements for storage capacity can be satisfied by providing an open area, the maintenance of which is associated with low costs. It is taken into account that the damage that may be caused by raw materials is estimated in accordance with the fact that the cost of raw materials is lower than the cost of finished products. At the same time, the storage of components, unfinished and finished products, which are of high value, requires special storage buildings and facilities to ensure their safety from external atmospheric influences, damage and theft. Naturally, the exploitation of such areas is much more expensive.
Accuracy in the calculation of warehouse space largely depends on the correct prediction of demand for the products of the warehouse and the definition of the necessary stocks (expressed in physical terms). This task is simply solved with the help of existing computer programs that analyze many possible situations.
At a choice of a site of a warehouse location from among possible variants the one which provides a minimum of total expenses for building and the further operation of a warehouse and transport expenses on delivery and shipment of cargoes is considered optimum. Transportation costs include initial investments in the development of the transportation network (construction and reconstruction of access roads, acquisition of rolling stock, construction of garages, repair facilities, etc.) and operational costs for the delivery and shipment of goods (costs associated with the transportation of goods, maintenance and repair of vehicles, devices and facilities). Warehousing construction and operation costs primarily include construction of a building (construction) and purchase of equipment, as well as costs associated with their further operation (maintenance and repair of buildings and equipment, wages and salaries, electricity, etc.). With the increase in the capacity and size of warehouses specific capital costs per 1t of cargo turnover and storage stocks are reduced, which speaks in favor of the construction of larger warehouses. However, on the other hand, this most often entails a reduction in the number of warehouses, and, consequently, an increase in transportation costs at delivery.
Selecting the location of the warehouse
When determining storage capacity, it is necessary to take into account the requirements for the conditions and terms of storage of a particular type of raw materials, materials, finished products, etc. For the storage of such raw materials as coal or sand, the requirements for storage capacity can be satisfied by providing an open area, the maintenance of which is associated with low costs. It is taken into account that the damage that may be caused by raw materials is estimated in accordance with the fact that the cost of raw materials is lower than the cost of finished products. At the same time, the storage of components, unfinished and finished products, which are of high value, requires special storage buildings and facilities to ensure their safety from external atmospheric influences, damage and theft. Naturally, the exploitation of such areas is much more expensive.
Accuracy in the calculation of warehouse space largely depends on the correct prediction of demand for the products of the warehouse and the definition of the necessary stocks (expressed in physical terms). This task is simply solved with the help of existing computer programs that analyze many possible situations.
At a choice of a site of a warehouse location from among possible variants the one which provides a minimum of total expenses for building and the further operation of a warehouse and transport expenses on delivery and shipment of cargoes is considered optimum. Transportation costs include initial investments in the development of the transportation network (construction and reconstruction of access roads, acquisition of rolling stock, construction of garages, repair facilities, etc.) and operational costs for the delivery and shipment of goods (costs associated with the transportation of goods, maintenance and repair of vehicles, devices and facilities). Warehousing construction and operation costs primarily include construction of a building (construction) and purchase of equipment, as well as costs associated with their further operation (maintenance and repair of buildings and equipment, wages and salaries, electricity, etc.). With the increase in the capacity and size of warehouses specific capital costs per 1t of cargo turnover and storage stocks are reduced, which speaks in favor of the construction of larger warehouses. However, on the other hand, this most often entails a reduction in the number of warehouses, and, consequently, an increase in transportation costs at delivery.