My reflections on the trip to ABLIt was my first visit to Army Logistic Base on 28thNov (Friday) and I have felt that I have gained lots of knowledge during this educational field trip.
During this trip, I have learnt that the warehousing floor layout at ALB is through flow and in the distribution service, the drop-point is 750 and the delivery load size per day is about 200 cubic meters.
The height of each warehousing floor of ABL building is about 30m and there are different kinds of storage system that are installed at ABL such as ASRS, mobile racking etc.
Firstly we came to take a look at the mobile racking and they have showed us the safety measures whereby there is a sensor which would sound and stop the operation if anyone enters and it also helps to compress and stores slow racking products. The ASRS has provided a high storage density of 13,600 pallet locations and 29,850 bin locations. It can also be accessed and operated from different floors within ALB.
Then we moved on to have a look at the vertical carousel which contains small items and items that require to be controlled such as the medical supplies and there are 74 layers. The storage has humidity functions and it links to WMS. It has a sensor such that it would light up if ones hand is put into it and it will stop. If there is a breakdown, they got their own maintenance too.
Last but not least, they have showed us the laser guided vehicle which can be used anywhere to track the load and it is interfaced with the 4-ton cargo lifts to enable it to transport pallet loads from floor to floor automatically through the lifts.
In summary, I felt that this trip has really gave us an opportunity to see and know more about how the ABL has operated, thus giving us an idea what we have to do when we step into the logistic industry.
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