The reorganization of the input store of steel raw materials in the manufacturing system - case study

The proper warehouse management strongly affects the condition of the company. The paper describes a way to reorganize the input storage layout of steel raw materials of the company that specializes in manufacturing large-size products. In particular, the existing state of the store and next three new conceptions were presented. Attention was paid to the storage area intended for the steel sheets. Some alternative variants of horizontal and vertical steel sheets storing and means of the internal transport were considered in these new solutions. The most important criteria for choosing a solution for implementation were also presented. The designed layout of the magazine, compared to the existing state, enables the elimination of waste associated with the available capacity, reduce time and cost associated with the involvement of the means of production and human resources.