Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 2 – Fiscal Management

Article 12 – Materials Management

Accessibility shall be the first consideration when arranging stock for order processing. Fast moving, high transaction items shall be stored in locations where they can be selected and issued with the minimum amount of handling. Warehousing staff shall store bulky or difficult to handle items, when possible, near doors and main aisles leading directly to the shipping and pickup areas. Materials shall not be arranged in strict PIN stock item number sequence.
All shelves, bins, and bulk cartons shall be stock numbered to identify the items being stored.
A systematic stock rotation program shall exist at all warehouse storage areas. All materials in inventory shall be dated at the time of receipt. Items that carry an assigned shelf life require shelf rotation; first-in, first-out warehousing shall be used with these items. Whenever possible, the flow-through method for bulk storage items shall be used. With the flow-through method stock is selected from one end of a row or rack of a single stock item and new stock is replenished at the other end.