This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain warehousing processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it explains each warehousing option, basic warehousing storage and handling operations, strategic planning, and the effects of warehousing design and service decisions on total logistics costs and customer service. This reference introduces crucial concepts including product handling, labor management, warehouse support, and extended value chain processes, facility ownership, planning, and strategy decisions; materials handling; warehouse management systems; Auto-ID, AGVs, and much more. Step by step, The Definitive Guide to Warehousing helps you optimize all facets of warehousing, one of the most pivotal areas of supply chain management. Coverage includes:

1. Basic warehousing management concepts and their essential role in demand fulfillment
2. Key elements, processes, and interactions in warehousing operations management
3. Principles and strategies for effectively planning and managing warehouse operations
4. Principles and strategies for designing materials handling operations in warehousing facilities
5. Critical roles of technology in managing warehouse operations and product flows
6. Best practices for assessing the performance of warehousing operations using standard metrics and frameworks.

The Definitive Guide to Warehousing: Managing the Storage and Handling of Materials and Products in the Supply Chain (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) | CSCMP (Author), Scott B. Keller (Author), Brian C. Keller (Author) | Pearson FT Press

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Warehousing’s Role in the Supply Chain
Introduction, Warehousing’s Role in the Supply Chain, Traditional Roles of Warehousing, Demand for Contemporary Warehousing, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested, Readings

Chapter 2: Distribution Center Concept
Introduction, Distribution Center Concept, Facilitating Product Flow Through the Supply Chain, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 3: General Warehousing and Distribution Center Strategies
Introduction, General Warehousing and Distribution Center Strategies, Summary of Key Points, Case Study: Warehouse Selection and Distribution Quality, Key Terms, End Notes and Suggested Readings

Chapter 4: Design and Layout
Introduction, Design and Layout, Importance of Space and Time Within the Warehouse, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 5: Personnel
Introduction, Personnel, Labor, Supervision, Keys to Creating a Customer-Focused Warehouse, Workforce, Logistics Personnel, Development Case Study, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 6: Warehouse Negotiations, Agreements, and Contracts
Introduction, Role of Contracts, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposals (RFP), and Request for Quotes (RFQ), Negotiating, Contract Sections and Content, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 7: Warehouse Management
Introduction, Primary Warehouse Activities and Processes, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms

Chapter 8: Warehouse Performance
Introduction, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 9: The Role of Industrial Product Packaging
Introduction, Product Packaging and Handling, Protection, Identification and Communication, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 10: Warehousing and Transportation Interface
Introduction, Carrier to Warehouse Interaction, Managing the Carrier Base, Pricing and, Negotiations, Bill of Lading, Freight Payment and Claims Management, Traditional Cost Trade-Offs Between Warehousing and Transportation , International Transportation, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings, Endnote

Chapter 11: The Importance of Managing Inventory
Introduction, The Importance of Managing Inventory, The Complex Role of Inventory, General Inventory Categories, Cost Implications, Forecasts, Sales, and Customer Service Implications, The Iceberg Principle, Errors and Reconciliation, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings, Endnote

Chapter 12: Selecting Warehouse Locations
Introduction, Selecting Warehouse Locations, Primary Factors, Facility Location Analysis, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 13: Safety and Security
Introduction, Safety and Security, Preventing and Reducing Warehouse Accidents, Protecting Workers and Equipment: Dock Levelers, Restraints, and Bumpers, Safe Product Movement, Safety Cues, Safe Picking and Replenishment, Safe Product Staging, Securing the Product, Physical Security Measures, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 14: Equipment and Information Technology
Introduction, Integrated Handling/Storage Equipment Technology, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Chapter 15: Unique Functioning and Unique Materials Warehousing
Introduction, Unique Functioning and Unique Materials Warehousing, Functional Specialization, Import/Export Warehouse and Cross-Dock, Unique Materials and Goods, Other Specialized Warehousing, Going Global, Summary of Key Points, Key Terms, Suggested Readings

Glossary of Key Terms and Definitions