INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & WAREHOUSING

 


GDEX currently have their own private warehouse facility located at Shah Alam, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu. In these facilities, GDEX uses Real-time Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to monitor and track inventory as well as activities throughout the entire logistics process.



GDEX warehouse at Petaling Jaya width is more than 100,000 square feet. All of GDEX warehouse is provide with temperature room to store any frozen item and can be load up to 550 tons at one time to facilitate the storage of a wide range of goods.



Activities in GDEX warehouse.

Everyday for GDEX is a day to deliver goods to their customer with efficiency and speed. Therefore, activities in warehouse is crucial part where their manage the sorting and movement of the goods.

From the GDEX branch, the goods will be sent to main hub located at Shah Alam, then the goods will be sorting out according to their types of goods and location. The goods will then be put on the conveyor for workers to separate them into each location and will be put in the cage for security and safety purpose. Before the outbound, all the parcels and goods will be scan for record and update to customers. Last part is where they deliver the joy to the customer and GDEX will provide Prove of Delivery (POD) for each delivery.


Material Handling uses in GDEX.

  • GDEX company used pallet jacks for material handling process. Pallet jacks is manual material handling equipment is operated solely by humans. The function is to support the weight and lift them slightly off the ground to facilitate their transport. pallet jacks usually being used because it can be used in multiple operation such as from pallet and container movement to truck loading and unloading.

  • Forklift has been categorized as motorized material handling equipment. It means the equipment need manpower to operate the equipment. One of the forklifts were counterbalanced forklifts, this forklift can carry the load in front of their support point. Usually, this forklift being use for loading trucks. But this forklift cannot reach a very high place, so GDEX company use another forklift which is reach trucks. Reach trucks are the favourite use in warehouses because of the machine ability to reach high place.
 
  • Conveyor is automated material handling equipment. In a warehouse or production facility, material can be moved using conveyor from one location to another. GDEX company used conveyor for material handling because it can help workers to move goods easily from one location to another. Conveyor can work continuously, so the process of material handling will become faster and more efficient.
 
  • RF scanners used to read barcodes. GDEX also use RF scanners in their facility because they transmit the data they collect to the warehouse management system reliably, accurately, and in real time. So, GDEX can simply know about their inventory in fastest way. These devices have the benefit of allowing operators to work completely independently and without losing data collection efficiency because they are often wireless.







Comments

  1. can i store my goods inside GDEX warehouse? if so, how much it will cost?

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    1. unfortunately, GDEX warehouse is private use only. we do not provide any warehouse service by this time.

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  2. What happens if the customer's goods are lost in the warehouse?

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    1. Every goods and parcels we received will be scan and sorting accordingly. the goods will be taken into each section to avoid any damage or lost.

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