Practical Handbook of Warehousing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Background of the Warehousing Industry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Warehousing: Origins, History and Development

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 3-11

   3. Warehousing in Today’s Economy

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 13-18

   4. The Functions of Warehousing

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 19-30

   5. Warehousing Alternatives. The Make or Buy Decision

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 31-40

3. Elements of Warehouse Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. Communications

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 43-54

   3. Packaging and Identification

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 55-64

   4. Transportation

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 65-81

   5. Accountability

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 83-90

   6. Starting-up or Moving a Warehouse Operation

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 91-111

   7. Warehouse Performance Audits

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 113-120

4. Real Estate Aspects of Warehousing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Finding the Right Location

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 123-133

   3. Building, Buying, Leasing, or Rehabilitating?

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 135-146

   4. Construction

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 147-158

   5. Planning for Future Uses

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 159-163

5. Planning Warehousing Operations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Space Planning

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 167-175

This is the third edition of a book first published in 1983. It con­ tains two new chapters. One of these deals with the growing use of "just-in-time" techniques and their effect on warehousing. A second new chapter covers specialized warehousing and three types of special storage - temperature control, protection of hazardous materials and "fulfillment" warehousing. Major changes in both materials handling and information processing and transmitting have caused appropriate changes in the contents of this book. For over two decades, the author has been involved in writing about the warehousing industry. Earlier writings were oriented to­ ward users and operators of public warehouses. The goal of this early writing was to develop a better understanding between the third party warehouse operator and his consumer, through a common apprecia­ tion of technical problems. Since that time, the number of information sources on warehous­ ing has increased. A professional society, the Warehousing Education and Research Council did not even exist when we first started writing about the industry. Today it provides an important source of informa­ tion in the field. Both private and third-party warehousing have grown in vol­ ume. More importantly, public awareness of warehousing as an in­ dustry in itself has increased.

• Just-in-Time
• Warehouse Management
• Warehousing
• consumer
• distribution
• education
• information
• information processing
• research
• science and technology

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