Abstract

Warehouse is an important part in every manufacturing company because it fulfills the needs, brings satisfaction to customers. Therefore, the good warehouse helps businesses easily meet the needs of customers as well as reduce operating costs. XYZ Textile - Investment - Trading Joint Stock Company has been in operation for a long time, so the finished goods warehouse has not been designed or optimized. To solve that problem, the author used the System Design methodology, applied the circular flow algorithm to design the layout, modeled product distribution in the warehouse and applied the barcode system to help optimize warehouse operations. The results of the research have been designed the warehouse space, allocated products to the locations in the warehouse in an optimal way to increase the storage capacity from 300 pallets to 432 pallets, or 40% increase in storage capacity. Besides, the use of barcode system has maked warehouse operations more convenient, has reduced the time for inventory counting from 1440 minutes to 180 minutes. Thereby this result has helped businesses increasing warehouse operation efficiency and competitive advantage in the market.