How to Optimize Your Warehouse Operations [Spiral-bound]

Art Liebeskind (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2005

Immediate Time Saving Tips to Put Into Practice NOW

These 150 time tested ways eliminate or reduce unnecessary handling or travel in the warehouse. A fantastic compilation of time & labor saving techniques collected from a warehouse expert's extensive experience that spans 30 years. For every area in the warehouse, there are listed tried-and-tested techniques to save time & labor! Extensive glossary of warehousing terminology is included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

His 150 time-tested ways stimulate the reader to see the gold mine of opportunity -- Sam Hayward, Westgate Logistics

His new book is a valuable resource of ideas and tips for increasing distribution productivity. -- Harvey Donaldson, The Logistics Institute, Georgia Tech

I strongly recommend that the warehouse managers implement just 1 idea per month and see their productivity take off. -- Ram Krishman, Industrial Engineer, NRM Systems

It is jam packed with good things to do... to save money and make things work better. -- Dr. Alan L Saipe, President, Supply Chain Surveys

This book is a reference manual to be used by beginning and experienced professionals. -- Steven Gigliotti, US Department of State

From the Publisher

Extremely valuable & practical tips to improve your warehouse operations immediately. 11 chapters that span Inventory Control, Receiving and Staging, Inspection and Quality Control, Putaway, Storage, Order Selection and Replenishment, Order Entry and Processing, Checking and Packing, Shipping and Staging, and much more! There are 30 color figures throughout the book to assist in understanding key concepts. Includes list of warehousing terminology.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 134 pages
• Publisher: Industrial Data & Information Inc. (July 1, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 0966934563
• ISBN-13: 978-0966934564
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars get 20 years of experience in one book, August 4, 2005

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S. Ramakrishnan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Optimize Your Warehouse Operations (Spiral-bound)

Warehouse staff tend to create procedures in their facility without learning from others. Every warehouse in the US has a different slot numbering scheme, putaway and pick up procedures. Why? Because they have not visited other warehouses. In the end, this process of inventing every procedure costs money and time.

They should read this book and get a 20-year jump. Still there are no formal education for operating a warehouse. We usually hire a new staff and make that person learn all the bad habbits from the staff already in the facility.

Instead, buy this book and start learning the 'good' habbits.

Ram Krishnan

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good place to start, but lacks some detail and is often redundant, November 30, 2005

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Derek Sage (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: How to Optimize Your Warehouse Operations (Spiral-bound)

Mr. Liebeskind has put together a good and brief manual to improve warehouse operations. Overall, this book would be very helpful to those that have not done much, if anything to optimize their warehouse. His 150 ideas are sound, but occasionally lack detail, specifically when a choice can be made on how to set something up...all he suggests is that you study it and offers little guidance on how to do it. Another issue is that a number of the 150 ways are the same ideas but worded differently, but I guess "150 Ways" sounds better than "108 Ways".

If you are looking for a concise guide to improve your warehouse operation, then this manual is a great place to start. For those that have comprehensive (location/slotting planning and execution enabled) warehouse systems (that are configured and used), then this may be a bit basic, but you still may find a few ideas that could help you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Warehouse of ideas, August 4, 2005

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Richard Kordel (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Optimize Your Warehouse Operations (Spiral-bound)

Filled with useful tips on how to improve warehouse operations, this book saved us time, money and effort the first time we put one of these gems into practice. Heartily recommended.