Warehouse Management and Practice

Author: Zhenhong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features:, as a discipline that studies the management of goods in a relatively static state during production and circulation, although there are already many articles on this topic, books on the subject are still relatively scarce. However, with the deepening of logistics research in China, it has become particularly urgent to provide a comprehensive discussion of warehousing management, which is a major component of logistics. This book is divided into eleven chapters. Chapter 1 is the introduction. It mainly discusses the significance and role of warehousing in modern logistics, proposes the research object of warehousing management, introduces the functions of warehousing, and outlines the development and evolution of warehousing. Chapter 2 focuses on warehousing technology. Chapter 3 covers warehouse and site planning, analyzing the factors influencing the selection of warehouse locations. Chapter 4 introduces the management of warehousing enterprises, involving several key links in warehousing operations. Chapter 5 provides an introduction to the management of refrigerated warehouses, oil product warehouses, hazardous material warehouses, and container yards. Chapter 6 is on inventory control and management methods, discussing several newer warehousing management methods. Chapter 7 introduces the application of modern information technology in warehousing management. Chapter 8 covers the safety management of warehousing. Chapter 9 addresses the economic issues in warehousing management. Chapter 10 specifically studies the warehousing bonded system, introducing the relevant policies, systems, and regulations of bonded warehouses abroad. Chapter 11 is dedicated to exploring warehousing management optimization methods from a systematic perspective.