Warehouse

Warehouse - DefinitionWarehouse - Definition

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods.

Warehouse Warehouse Main ApplicationsMain Applications

Warehouses are used by:– Manufacturers, – Importers,– Exporters, – Wholesalers, – Transport businesses, – Customs, etc.

WarehouseWarehouseMain FeaturesMain Features

They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas.

They come equipped with loading docks to load and unload trucks.

They also often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods.

They usually work under ISO standards.

Warehouse - ImportantWarehouse - Important

Some warehouses are completely automated, with no workers working inside.

The pallets and products are moved and coordinated by programmable logic controllers and computers running logistics automation software.

Why Why Automated Warehouses?Automated Warehouses?

The main reasons are:– To keep the product from spoiling, – Land is expensive, as automated

storage systems can use vertical space efficiently.

Warehouse - WMSWarehouse - WMS

A warehouse management system, or WMS, is a key part of the supply chain; its goals are:– to control the movement and

storage of materials.– To process the associated

transactions, including shipping, receiving, putaway and picking.

– To optimize stock putaway.

Warehouse - NowadaysWarehouse - Nowadays

Traditional warehousing has been declining since the last decades of the 20th century with the gradual introduction of Just In Time (JIT).

Warehouse - JITWarehouse - JIT

Just In Time (JIT) is a technique designed to improve the return on investment of a business by reducing in-process inventory.

Warehouse - JITWarehouse - JIT It promotes the delivery

of product directly from the factory to the retail merchant, or from parts manufacturers directly to a large scale factory such as an automobile assembly plant, without the use of warehouses.

Warehouse - JITWarehouse - JITImportantImportant

However, with the gradual implementation of offshore outsourcing the distance between the manufacturer and the retailer grew considerably, necessitating at least one warehouse per country or per region in any typical supply chain for a given range of products.

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