Practical Handbook of Warehousing

1. Planning Warehouse Operations

   1. Planning for People and Equipment

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 153-163

   2. Contingency Planning

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 165-171

   3. Postponement

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 173-180

   4. Selecting a Third-Party Operator

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 181-188

2. Protecting the Warehouse Operation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. Preventing Casualty Losses

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 191-199

   3. “Mysterious Disappearance”

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 201-214

   4. Safety, Sanitation, and Housekeeping

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 215-226

   5. Verification of Inventories and Cycle Counting

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 227-240

3. The Human Element

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Orientation and Training

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 243-254

   3. Labor Relations

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 255-265

   4. Motivation

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 267-275

   5. Improving People Performance

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 277-293

4. Productivity and Quality Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295

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   2. Making Warehousing More Efficient

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 297-306

   3. Monitoring Productivity

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 307-323

   4. Scheduling Warehouse Operations

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 325-329

   5. Customer Satisfaction — The Role of the Warehouse

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 331-336

   6. Improving Asset Utilization

      • Kenneth B. Ackerman

      Pages 337-355

This is a fourth edition of a work first published in 1983. It contains the same number of chapters as the third edition, published in 1990. However, it has a substantial amount of new material. Major changes in warehousing in the last seven years have caused appropriate changes in the content of this text. Nearly three decades have passed since our first published writing about warehousing. The goal of our early writing was to develop a better understanding between the third-party warehouse operator and the user of these services. Today the emphasis has changed to a work that provides the tools that every warehouse manager needs. This book intends to be a comprehensive handbook consisting of everything we know that would help the manager of warehouses. Much of the information is based upon materials previously used in Warehousing Forum, our monthly subscription newsletter. While the work is designed primarily as a handbook for manag­ ers, it also serves as a guide for students. It is based upon my experience, both as a warehousing manager and executive, and later as a management advisor. The work is designed as a management reference for anyone involved in operating, using, constructing, or trading in industrial warehouses.

• Logistics
• Warehouse Automation
• Warehouse Management
• Warehousing
• automation
• packaging
• scheduling

A comprehensive resource manual with many ideas about warehouse management...recommended for all those engaged in supply chain management and warehousing. - Defense Transportation Journal, August 1997

• K. B. Ackerman, Co., Columbus, USA

  Kenneth B. Ackerman

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