Logistics and warehouse management

Author: Pan Yingxian
Publisher: Sichuan University Press
Brief Introduction:
As a thriving industry on par with high-tech and finance, modern logistics has gained widespread attention and rapid development worldwide. Warehousing management is one of the key pillars of the logistics industry. Whether warehousing management is scientific, rational, and feasible directly impacts the quality of warehousing products and services, reduces inventory costs, and enhances economic and social benefits. To implement warehousing management scientifically and rationally, warehousing management personnel must possess specialized knowledge and skills in the field of warehousing and continuously improve their competence through learning and practice.
This book closely integrates the theory and practice of warehousing management with logistics professional qualification training and certification, aiming to reflect the latest warehousing management theories and technologies while highlighting the feature of vocational colleges and polytechnic schools—"enough theory, focus on practical application." It systematically introduces the fundamental knowledge of warehousing management. To facilitate learning, key points and learning objectives are outlined at the beginning of each chapter, a brief summary is provided at the end of each chapter, and reflection questions and exercises are included, with case studies in most chapters.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Warehousing Management
Section 1 Overview of Warehousing
Section 2 Functions and Types of Warehousing
Section 3 Overview of Warehousing Management
Section 4 Modernization of Warehousing Management
Chapter 2 Warehouses
Section 1 Overview of Warehouses
Section 2 Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
Section 3 Bonded Warehouses
Chapter 3 Warehousing Planning and Design
Section 1 Decision Making on Warehouse Scale and Quantity
Section 2 Warehouse Site Selection
Section 3 Warehouse Floor Planning
Section 4 Goods Storage Planning
Chapter 4 Introduction and Selection of Warehousing Equipment
Section 1 Pallets
Section 2 Forklifts
Section 3 Containers
Section 4 Racking
Section 5 Stackers
Section 6 Logistics Conveying Systems
Chapter 5 Management of Goods Storage Operations
Section 1 Warehousing Business Management
Section 2 Warehousing Storage Contracts
Section 3 Supply Source Organization and Business Management
Section 4 Goods Receipt Operations
Section 5 Goods Sorting Operations
Section 6 Goods Stacking
Section 7 Stocktaking
Section 8 Goods Dispatch Operations
Chapter 6 Storage and Maintenance of Goods in Warehouses
Section 1 Changes in the Quality of Stored Goods
Section 2 Control of Temperature and Humidity in Warehouses
Section 3 Pests in Warehouses and Prevention Measures
Section 4 Mold and Rot of Goods and Prevention Measures
Chapter 7 Warehousing Safety
Section 1 Warehousing Safety Management
Section 2 Basics of Warehouse Fire Safety
Section 3 Warehousing Safety Technology
Section 4 Warehouse Risk Management
Chapter 8 Inventory Management
Section 1 Overview of Inventory Management
Section 2 Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management
Section 3 Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Inventory Management
Section 4 Supply Chain Management and Inventory Control
Chapter 9 Analysis of Warehousing Costs and Economic Benefits
Section 1 Warehousing Costs
Section 2 Warehousing Business Revenue
Section 3 Warehousing Cost Management and Economic Accounting Indicators
Section 4 Analysis of Warehousing Economic Benefits
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