Warehouse management guidelines Using ABC Analysis method Case study Traditional building material retail store in Nakhon Pathom province

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the problems and causes of warehouse storage areas of traditional building material retailers and 2 ) Study the efficiency improvement in warehouse storage space using ABC Analysis method. The key informants were business owners and employees with at least 2 years of work experience, totaling 5 people. The research instruments used were semistructured interviews and participant observation. The study was conducted through in-depth interviews to collect data for analysis using a fishbone diagram to find a solution to the problem by rearranging the warehouse layout to increase the efficiency of storing finished goods. The study found that Group A products had a value of 57.48%, Group B products had a value of 39.87%, and Group C products had a value of 2.65%. And the warehouse layout has been rearranged to facilitate operations. By using the principles of logistics management performance evaluation (ILPI), Activity 6 , Warehouse Management, it was found that 1) Time dimension (ILPI6T) has reduced the average storage time of finished goods by 46%. 2) Reliability dimension (ILPI6R) has increased the accuracy of finished goods in the warehouse by 9.81% , indicating the efficiency of the warehouse management system and more efficient storage of finished goods.