Mazda Department Bin Layout

[Gerry Laughlin]

We have a Mazda store in our group that has pretty much been let go. Put a new manger in there,and I have given him the task of getting the store ready for an inventory. Believe it or not an inventory has not been performed since the store was purchased in 2007. Anyway, the young man that has taken over has GM experience but Mazda is a new make for him. In GM you generally lay your bin out in class-part number sequence, with Mazda the class is contained in the middle group of numbers in the part number. He is attempting to layout the department using that group, which is fine, except for inventory time. I cannot think of a way to print INS bin sheets in the order he is using.
I know it sounds like heresy to GM managers, but I am almost thinking the best course of action is to just give each of the bins a BIN-SHELF assignment. So the first shelf in bin 20 would be 20A, the next shelf would show 20B in the bin field,and so on.
What are everyone's thoughts?
Thanks,
Gerry

[B964]

I have always used bins with 3 digit, then shelf, then drawer (if needed). Ex. 100-A, B, C or with drawer 100-A1, 100-A2. Most shelf only hold up to 6 drawers each.

As far as arranging stock by group number or base number in Mazda land, I would be more ap to arrange all same base numbers together. Ex all 33 base pads together. Then sort on shelf by prefix then suffix.
In real world some of that goes out the door when you want the 5 parts used on a common repair to be next to each other or fast movers by back counter.

What DMS?

[Gerry Laughlin]

B964,
It's Adp/CDK. My last discussion with him was pretty much along the lines of what you suggested.
Thanks,
Gerry

[greenthumb-38]

I am a big proponent of shelf numbers and drawer numbers, just as described by B964. Makes it very to stock parts and very easy to pull parts.

During slow times, our driver takes count sheets and makes sure that every part on every shelf is in the exact order as the inventory count sheet. He usually makes it through the entire inventory 3 or 4 times a year. The annual count is therefore a breeze with minimal handwrites. I feel the biggest problem with the annual inventory is the human error factor on the count, and having everything in order helps minimize the opportunity for error.

~gt prepares for inventory all year long...