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• Part of firms logistics system that stores products at and between point of origin and point of consumption.

• Term “Warehousing” is referred as transportation at zero miles per hour

• Warehousing provides time and place utility for raw materials, industrial goods, and finished products, allowing firms to use customer service as a dynamic value-adding competitive tool.

WAREHOUSE FUNCTIONS

ReservedStorage

OrderPicking

SecondarySorting

VENDOR

CUSTOMER

GoodsReceiving

Replenishment

Sorting & Cross-Docking

Collate/ Packing

Dispatch

Flow Of Goods

The warehouse is where the supply chain holds or stores goods.

Functions of warehousing include– Transportation consolidation– Product mixing– Docking– Service– Protection against contingencies

TYPE OF WAREHOUSING

• Public Warehousing

• Private Warehousing

• Contract Warehousing

• Multi-client Warehousing

Tote Box Pallet

STORAGE EXAMPLES

Storage/ Binning

Storing & Retrieval Using Reach Truck

• Receive goods

• Identify the goods

• Dispatch goods to

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• Hold goods

• Pick goods

• Marshal shipment

• Dispatch shipment

• Operate an

information system

WAREHOUSE ACTIVITIES

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Basic Warehouse Operations

• Movement– Receiving– Put-away– Order picking– Shipping

• Storage– Stock location– Warehouse Management System

(WMS)