Track: Facilities Planning and Management

Abstract

PT. X is a distributor of consumer goods products with a total of 34 warehouses and 121 branch offices. The process of storing goods was still random, then it resulted in the long process of searching and picking up goods. The objective of this research was to design a new layout for storing goods in the warehouse of PT. X in order to simplify the search process and minimize time for picking up goods. The proposed storage was the Class Based Storage method based on ABC Analysis. Each item was grouped based on each brand. Furthermore, each brand was classified into three classes by using ABC Analysis based on the frequency of picking up each item. We used it to determine the priority of the storage location of each brand. Class A would prioritize the storage slot area with the closest distance; class B would be in the storage slot area with a medium distance; and class C would be in the storage slot area with the furthest distance from the staging area. After obtaining the class of each brand, then the classification was carried out for each brand group in the same way to obtain priority storage locations for each product. The storage allocation process was carried out by using a simulation method with a spreadsheet. The results of the proposed layout design resulted in saving search time of 22% or 163 seconds and picking up time of 37% or 23.96 hours based on the 2 month purchase order list.