Warehousing
Warehousing Department will be responsible for paddy and packaging from suppliers
that come into the company. The suppliers will determine their mode of transportations
themselves and deliver to the firm’s warehouses. Then, the warehousing department will check
the quality of those raw materials by according to the firm’s quality control standard. Then these
raw materials will be stocked in the warehouse before the beginning of the manufacturing
process.
The warehouses are located within the same area with the manufactures so as to obtain
the close proximity advantage. Thus, it is fast to transfer the raw material from warehouse into
the manufacturer. For the storage, paddy needs to be kept in the open-air and dry place. Certain
type of paddy must be stored for certain period of time to meet the minimum quality
requirement. To illustrate, year-crop rice must be stored over a year. Thus, these rice would turn
old and obtain the harsh quality which is the core characteristic of this kind of rice. Jasmine rice,
on the contrary, needs not be stored for long period of time as it could be milled up right away in
order to maintain the freshness which is transform into the soft quality of this type of rice. For
packaging, bags need to be kept in the dry place.