Explanation of warehouse and JIT production terms in warehouse management practice

JIT(Just In Time), also translated as real-time production system, is called JIT system for short.

JIT (Just in time), its essence is to keep the synchronization of logistics and information flow in production, realize the right amount of materials entering the right place at the right time, and produce the right quality products. This method can reduce inventory, shorten working hours, reduce costs and improve production efficiency.

Just-in-time production is one of the most important modes of production after the Second World War. Because it originated from Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan, it was once called "Toyota mode of production". Later, with the uniqueness and effectiveness of this mode of production, it was more and more widely recognized, studied and applied, and people called it JIT.

A warehouse refers to a building that stores goods in a planned space environment. There is a saying in The Book of Songs Xiaoya that "it is to seek for thousands of warehouses", which shows that warehouse architecture has a long history. Modern warehouses pay more attention to operating income than storage. This is the difference from the old warehouse. Therefore, modern warehouses attach importance to the rational layout of channels, the distribution of goods and the maximum height of accumulation from the aspects of transportation turnover, storage methods and building facilities, and allocate economical and effective mechanized and automated access facilities to improve storage capacity and work efficiency.

The warehouse consists of warehouses for storing articles and transportation facilities (such as cranes, elevators, slides, etc.). ), transportation pipes and equipment in and out of the warehouse, fire control facilities, management rooms, etc. According to the shape of the stored goods, warehouses can be divided into warehouses for storing solid goods, liquid goods, gas goods and powder goods; According to the nature of stored goods, it can be divided into warehouses for storing raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products; According to the architectural form, it can be divided into single-storey warehouse, multi-storey warehouse and cylindrical warehouse.

Since 1960s, the types and quantity of warehouses have increased according to their usage habits, and it has also become a way of real estate investment. Investors are interested in warehouses because of several advantages: warehouses can be built in remote areas with low land costs; They need the least maintenance cost; Moreover, compared with the people-oriented operation mode of apartments and office buildings, warehouses need less management.