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1、WarehouseManagementIsitonlyastoragefacility?Awarehouseistypicallyviewedasaplacetostoreinventory.However,inmanylogisticalsystemdesigns,theroleofthewarehouseismoreproperlyviewedasaswitchingfacilityascontrastedtoastoragefacility.2ASampleWarehouseVideo3BenefitsofWarehousin
2、gConsolidationShipmentconsolidationisaneconomicbenefitofwarehousing.Withthisarrangement,theconsolidatingwarehousereceivesandconsolidatesmaterialsfromanumberofmanufacturingplantsdestinedtoaspecificcustomeronasingletransportationshipment.Thebenefitsaretherealizationofthe
3、lowestpossibletransportationrateandreducedcongestionatacustomer'sreceivingdock.4ConsolidationWarehouses5ConsolidationWarehouses…Theprimarybenefitofconsolidationisthatitcombinesthelogisticalflowofseveralsmallshipmentstoaspecificmarketarea.Consolidationwarehousingmaybeus
4、edbyasinglefirm,oranumberoffirmsmayjointogetheranduseafor-hireconsolidationservice.Throughtheuseofsuchaprogram,eachindividua1manufacturerorshippercanenjoylowertotaldistributioncostthancouldberealizedonadirectshipmentbasisindividually.6BreakbulkwarehousesBreakbulkwareho
5、useoperationsaresimilartoconsolidationexceptthatnostorageisperformed.Abreakbulkoperationreceivescombinedcustomerordersfrommanufacturersandshipsthemtoindividualcustomers.Thebreakbulkwarehousesortsorsplitsindividualordersandarrangesforlocaldelivery.Becausethelong-distanc
6、etransportationmovementisalargeshipment,transportcostsarelowerandthereislessdifficultyintracking.7Breakbulkwarehouses…8Processing/PostponementWarehousescanalsobeusedtopostpone,ordelay,productionbyperformingprocessingandlightmanufacturingactivities.Awarehousewithpackagi
7、ngorlabelingcapabilityallowspostponementoffinalproductionuntilactualdemandisknown.Forexample,vegetablescanbeprocessedandcannedin"brights"atthemanufacturer.Brightsarecanswithnopre-attachedlabels.9Processing/Postponement…Theuseofbrightsforaprivatelabelproductmeansthatthe
8、itemdoesnothavetobecommittedtoaspecificcustomerorpackageconfigurationatthemanufacturer'splant.Onceaspecificcustomeror
