Managing Time and Space in the Modern Warehouse

Book excerpt: Concise, practical, up-to-date help on every aspect and task of warehouse management. Warehousing managers face so many challenges today. What kind of warehousing is needed? How many should they operate - or lease? How do they pick a location? At what cost? This concise, comprehensive guide covers these and other warehousing issues, including: * inventory management * warehouse types and operations * selection of third-party warehousing * compliance audits * cost and pricing of services * freight claims operations * liability * seal accountability * container and packaging methods * EDI * and more. More than 40 ready-to-reproduce forms, documents, leases, and checklists make this a valuable guide for those in the warehousing,logistics, distribution, and transport fields. It will help them increase their efficiency, cut costs, and enhance their careers.