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In this chapter, topics of interest in the design, analysis, management, and operations of warehouses are discussed. An overview of how warehouses have been in use since the dawn of civilization and how they have changed recently is first provided. Then, the basic elements of a warehouse are discussed and illustrations of the elements of a warehouse, including the materials-handling systems currently used in warehouses are presented. A simple model for determining the warehouse footprint is discussed. A case study involving a consumer goods manufacturer, followed by advanced models for allocating products to a warehouse (and thereby determining the size of the main functional areas in a warehouse), storage policies, corresponding models for the two policies, as well as routing strategies for order pickers are also presented. The chapter is concluded by providing a discussion of state-of-the-art topics in warehousing.

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  1. Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

    Sunderesh Heragu

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems, University of Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands

    Henk Zijm

  2. FOM University of Applied Sciences, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Matthias Klumpp

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Alberto Regattieri

  4. Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

    Sunderesh Heragu

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Heragu, S. (2019). Warehousing. In: Zijm, H., Klumpp, M., Regattieri, A., Heragu, S. (eds) Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92447-2_15

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