Warehousing Management Ch. 10

Allocating

Also referred to as bulk breaking, this involves breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities.

Accumulating

Also referred to as bulk making, this involves bringing together similar stocks from different sources.

Private Warehousing

- these are owned by the firm storing goods in the facility. - These have generally high fixed costs. - Should only be dealt with when the user has high volumes of inventory.

Dunnage

Material that is used to block and brace products inside carrier equipment to prevent the shipment from shifting in transit and becoming damaged.

Sorting Out

Refers to separating products into grades and qualities desired by different target markets.

Warehousing

Refers to that part of a firm's logistics system that stores products (raw materials, parts, goods-in-process, finished goods) at and between points of origin and point of consumption.

Throughput

The amount of product entering and leaving the facility in a given time period.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The organization that monitors the regulatory issues like warehouse labor safety practices.

Overexertion

This is the leading cause of warehouse related injuries

Assorting

This refers to building up a variety of different products for resale to particular customers.

Contract Warehousing

a long term, mutually beneficial arrangement which provides unique and specially tailored warehousing and logistics services exclusively to one client, where the vendor and client share the risks associated with the operation.

Fixed Slot Location

each SKU has one or more permanent slots assigned to it.

One-Dock Layout

each and every dock can be used for both shipping and receiving.

Variable Slot Location

involves empty storage slots being assigned to incoming products based on space availability.

Regrouping Function

involves rearranging the quantities and assortment of products as they move through the supply chain.

Hazardous Material

is any item or agent (biological, chemical, physical) which has the potential to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment, either by itself or through interaction with other factors.

Multi-Client Warehousing

mixes the attributes of contract warehousing and public warehousing.

Warehouse Automation

refer to utilizing mechanical or electronic devices to substitute for human labor. Examples include forklifts, automated guided vehicles, automated storage and retrieval systems, and radio frequency identification.

Public Warehousing

serves all legitimate users and has certain responsibilities to those users. It requires no capital investment on the user's part.

Cross-docking

the process of receiving product and shipping it out the same day or overnight without putting it into storage.

Distribution Centers

these buildings emphasize the rapid movement of products through a facility, and thus they attempt to maximize throughput.

Warehouses

these buildings emphasize the storage of products and their primary purpose is to maximize the usage of available storage space.

Two-Dock Layout

this layout has receiving docks on one side of the facility and shipping docks on the other side.