Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management A Complete Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse

Edition 3

Pages Dimensions Subject 03/11/2017

9780749479770 £44.99 9780749479787 £44.99

528 234x156 Supply Chain

This book << Provides essential advice on how to tackle the challenges faced by today’s warehouse managers << New to this edition: definitive updates on warehouse design, technology and robotics and the increasing challenges of e-commerce << Online resources: downloadable warehouse tools and audit checklists for analysis and application into own operational environment, along with PowerPoint slides as study aids for students

Author Information

Gwynne Richards has over 30 years of experience in warehouse management and logistics. As well as running his own successful logistics consultancy, he provides a number of courses on warehouse and transport management and logistics outsourcing for practitioners. He is also the co-author of The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit with Susan Grinstead, also published by Kogan Page. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Rights Sold

1st Edition: Arabic 2nd Edition: Bahasa- Indonesian; Chinese (Simplified); Polish; Russian

Description

Offering comprehensive advice on all aspects of managing a warehouse, the third edition of Warehouse Management is an ideal guide and detailed reference book for anyone looking to gain a real insight into warehouse operations. It examines everything from the latest technological advances, operations and people management to current environmental issues.

This third edition of Warehouse Management includes definitive updates across the industry, such as the vast expansion of warehouse technology and robotics, warehouse design and the increasing challenges posed by e-commerce. Gwynne Richards tackles the core challenges for today’s managers, offering experienced advice on how to reduce lead times, increase productivity and improve customer service.

Revamped with more practical case studies and an array of downloadable warehouse tools, this new edition of Warehouse Management includes useful warehouse audit checklists and is firmly supported with insightful photographs, video links and projections.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 The role of the warehouse 3 Role of the warehouse manager 4 Warehouse Processes: Receiving and put-away 5 Warehouse Processes: Pick preparation 6 Picking strategies and equipment 7 Order-picking methods 8 Warehouse processes from replenishment to despatch and beyond 9 Warehouse management systems 10 Warehouse layout 11 Storage and handling equipment 12 Resourcing a warehouse 13 Warehouse costs 14 Performance management 15 Outsourcing 16 Health and safety 17 The warehouse and the environment 18 The warehouse of the future 19 Appendix 1 – Warehouse audit checklists 20 Appendix 2 – Barcodes 21 Websites of companies that have contributed to this book and other useful websites 22 Glossary of terms and abbreviations

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