Warehousing logistics is to make use of warehouse

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Warehousing logistics is to make use of warehouse and space to storage, handling,

distribute goods.

A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by

manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc.

They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually

have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes warehouses load

and unload goods directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They often have cranes

and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded

into pallet racks.

Some of the most common warehouse storage systems are:

 Pallet rack:including selective, drive-in, drive-thru, double-deep, pushback, and

gravity flow

 Mezzanine:including structural, roll formed, rack supported, and shelf supported

 Cantilever:Rack including structural and roll formed

 Industrial Shelving: including metal, steel, wire, and catwalk

 Automated Storage and Retrieval System(ASRS) :including vertical carousels,

vertical lift modules, horizontal carousels, robotics, mini loads, and compact 3D

Some warehouses are completely automated, and require no workers inside. Pallets and

product move on a system of automated conveyors, cranes and automated storage and

retrieval systems coordinated by programmable logic controllers and computers running

logistics automation software. These systems are often installed in refrigerated

warehouses where temperatures are kept very cold to keep product from spoiling, and

also where land is expensive, as automated storage systems can use vertical space

efficiently. These high-bay storage areas are often more than 10 meters (33 feet) high,

with some over 20 meters (65 feet) high. Automated storage systems can be built up to

40m high.

For a warehouse to function efficiently, the facility must be properly slotted. Slotting

addresses which storage medium a product is picked from (pallet rack or carton flow), and

how they are picked (pick-to-light, pick-to-voice, or pick-to-paper). With a proper slotting

plan, a warehouse can improve its inventory rotation requirements—such as first in, first

out (FIFO) and last in, first out (LIFO)—control labor costs and increase productivity

Processes and IT

Major warehousing processes include:

 Receiving

 Put away

 Order preparation / picking

 Shipping  Inventory management (cycle counting, addressing...)

Warehouses frequently provide services, such as:

 Co-packing

 Kitting

 Repair