1) Departmental stores- There are places where all the material required for a particular department will be kept

to facilitate the working department. 2) Company warehouses- Large companies have their big group stores located at one place as a company warehouse, which serve all their sitting units.They are located all over the country. ll Functional stores Place where make of a particular material are stored and supplied 1) Raw material store Raw material used for production operation and process are purchased in bulk quantities required large spaces and also trck and transpetation equipments. 2) Spare parts stores Parts not manufactured in plants but are required for making the product used in assembly line. Theyare kept at separate places and in bins type of storing departments in the lims. Elec & electrical parts dust free & a/c environment . Welding rods moisture free environment. Rubber parts- dark rooms, coated with chalk powder. Auto parts grease, bearing , tools water protection environ greased, & painted rust free. Screw, fastners, bolts, nuts, etc. in protection bins . supporting items in manufacturing 4) Tool room material stores cutting & machining tools, oils lubricants, abrasives , hoses, shields etc. carefully stored to prevent wasting and after chemical action. 5) Packing stores material used in packing various types of customers and after packing material. 6) Receipt & quantitative storesStores a warehouses where materials are received from vendors Receipt stores material kept here till they are inspected Materials are scrt for inspection and verification to quantitative store 7) Work in process stores Various types of paints and components are produced at chief production facilities in batches. If a batch of one 3) General suppliers stores Material not enlarging the product but are

part produced has more items than requerements are remaining parts are temperarly kept near the production facility before being used up. These are called working process stores. 8) Finished product stores Finished product before being sold are kept as stock in finished product stores 9) Stationary stores Office material like files and other stationary items are kept here. 10) 11) Banded stores Store where foods on which customers exercise Cold storage or refrigerated store, dehumidified and flammable duty has not been paid are kept. stores Perishable materials are kept in cold storage a refrigerated stores. Inflammable and toxic material are kept in special fine proof and entry restricted rooms. There are flammable store they have simple safety divices And precautions. Materials which are to be kept in a moisture free environment are properly placed and stated and kept in dehumidified stores. There stores which have the necessary safety divices and precautions and handlilng equipments needed. 12) 13) Open sheds / open yards used to store large material outside in Organising stores open places. Stores are organised accordiing to type of material received and layout and location . The activities of stores departments is as follows 1) Material planning All material requiest for production must be identified and well defined. (codification, specification & standardisation. 2) Receipt of material All material purchased from vendors are received by the storekeeper. A number of documents are checked like chellan , suppliers despatch note consignment note, material transport advise note, and packing list. After checking the material for its quantity and damages the delivery note is signed, checked and stamped by the receipt scta and one copy is retained by them and info internal into the goods receipt reginster.

3) Inspection & varification- material are inspected for correct quantity as per specification. ( Quality certificate are issued by the supplier) 4) Storing & issue of material Types of storing department on the types of material and how requesting they are used if material are to be stored for a long period , then their safety and security are important . The method for storing and issue of material may be done according to two way FIFO method LIFO method . Methods of storing the materials material will be stored depending upon its size , shape & weight . They are ususally stored in bins Shelves or racks , pallets heavy lifts, containers for each Bins Small items that can be handled easily fast moving items, Usually manned loading & unloading . Bin card is used for recording material leaving , entry and balance in the bin are recorded. Max & minimum levels of inventory , ordering lends etc. are also recorded Shelves or Rocks Items which are large in size and heavy to be stored manual handling is not possible Static racks Live racks Drive through racks Honey comb racks Self cracked racks Pallets Specially designed plat forms for stocking loads which can be moved by lift suitable for stocking small number of items which are frequently moved. Containers manually used to store liquids and Issue of materials materials are released or issued from stores by materials issue registration. There issued in triplication are requisitors made to the storekeeper by an authorized person to issue materials to the becamers of the requisition. It contains informations like date, material description

department requiring the material supplied are not fully utilized so balance are returned back to store. They are returned by material return note. For keeping proper recorder of materials various store registers are used . They are (1) inward & outward register, receipt and issue register, stock register, loan register & packages register. V ) Valuation of stock & materials inventories have many value. They are assets and working capital of the original material & parts are purchased at different cost in the book of accounts. They are valued according to some method. So that all items hace some . This valuation will show loss and profit. The method for valuation is to be approved by the board and is valid for 3 years. The various methods used for valuable are 1) First in First out 2) Last in First out 3) Highest in first out and next in first out 4) Sample any & Weighted AVS method 5) Fixed price & standard price method 6) Base stock method 7) Actual cost method. 8) Current value method 9) Infialed price method 10)replacement price method Lay out of stores Lay out planning is important For easy receipt , handling & issue of materials Manufacturing continuity in flow minimum movement Full utilization of space while storing & handling For optimum time & labor utilization To minimize wastage, Write the above near as following types are suggested