Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
01 The role of the warehouse --
Introduction --
Types of warehouse operation --
Why do we hold stock? --
Warehouse location --
Number of warehouses --
Supply chain trends affecting warehouses --
The growth of e-fulfilment and its effect on the warehouse --
Specialized warehousing --
Summary and conclusion --
02 Role of the warehouse manager --
Introduction --
Warehouse trade-offs --
The warehouse manager's challenges --
Lean warehousing --
People management --
People challenges --
Attracting and retaining warehouse employees An ageing and constantly changing workforce --
Operating hours --
Training --
Warehouse audit --
Quality systems --
Summary and conclusion --
03 Warehouse processes: receiving and put-away --
Introduction --
Receiving --
Pre-receipt --
In-handling --
Preparation --
Offloading --
Cross docking --
Recording --
Quality control --
Put-away --
Summary and conclusion --
04 Warehouse processes: pick preparation --
Introduction --
Preparation --
Warehouse pick area layout --
Summary and conclusion --
05 Goods-to-person and person-to-goods picking --
Introduction --
Picker to goods --
Goods to picker Types of semi-automated picking --
Robotics --
Automation enablers --
Summary and conclusion --
06 Order-picking methods --
Introduction --
Paper pick lists --
Pick by label --
Pick by voice --
Barcode scanning --
Radio frequency identification (RFID) --
Pick by light/pick to light --
Put to light --
Vision pick --
Comparisons --
Cost of errors --
Deciding on type of picking system and equipment --
Summary and conclusion --
07 Warehouse processes from replenishment to despatch and beyond --
Introduction --
Replenishment --
Value-adding services --
Indirect activities --
Stock management Stock or inventory counting --
Cycle counting or perpetual inventory counts --
The count itself --
Security --
Returns processing --
Despatch --
Documentation --
Role of the driver --
Summary and conclusion --
08 Information systems in the warehouse --
Introduction --
Why does a company need a WMS? --
Choosing a WMS --
The process --
Selecting the right WMS --
What to look for in a system --
Selecting a partner --
Decision table/decision matrix analysis (DMA) --
Before the final decision --
Implementation --
Software as a service --
Cloud computing Machine learning in the warehouse by Harry Watts SEC --
Data security --
Summary and conclusion --
09 Warehouse layout --
Introduction --
Data collection and analysis --
Space calculations --
Aisle width --
Other space --
Warehouse layout examples --
Finding additional space --
Summary and conclusion --
10 Storage and handling equipment --
Introduction --
Storage equipment --
Storage options --
Shuttle technology with a difference --
Very high bay warehouses --
Other storage media --
Warehouse handling equipment --
Vertical and horizontal movement --
Specialized equipment

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