Managing Time and Space in the Modern Warehouse: With Ready-to-Use Forms, Checklists, & Documentation (Plastic Comb)

by Ernst F. Bolten (Author) "The purpose of business is to produce goods and provide services..." (more)
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Product Description
Warehousing managers face so many challenges today. What kind of warehousing is needed? How many should they operate-or lease? How do they pick a location? At what cost?

This concise, comprehensive guide covers these and other warehousing issues, including:

* inventory management * warehouse types and
operations * selection of third-party warehousing *
compliance audits * cost and pricing of services
* freight claims operations * liability * seal
accountability * container and packaging methods
* EDI * and more

More than 40 ready-to-reproduce forms, documents, leases, and checklists make this a valuable guide for those in the warehousing, logistics, distribution, and transport fields. It will help them increase their efficiency, cut costs, and enhance their careers.

Book Description

"Warehousing managers face so many challenges today. What kind of warehousing is needed? How many should they operate--or lease? How do they pick a location? At what cost?

This concise, comprehensive guide covers these and other warehousing issues, including:

* inventory management * warehouse types and

operations * selection of third-party warehousing *

compliance audits * cost and pricing of services

* freight claims operations * liability * seal

accountability * container and packaging methods

* EDI * and more.

More than 40 ready-to-reproduce forms, documents, leases, and checklists make this a valuable guide for those in the warehousing, logistics, distribution, and transport fields. It will help them increase their efficiency, cut costs, and enhance their careers."

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 306 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (May 9, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814479561
• ISBN-13: 978-0814479568
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #687,309 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the novice, September 10, 2001

By	Manuel Rodriguez (Toluca, Estado de México Mexico) - See all my reviews

Great for the novice
I was new to the warehouse management and looking for a book to teach me and guide me through the topics, this book did so. The most important feature of the book are the forms, plus you can grab them out of the Plastic Comb an use them right away. The author gives an overview of the warehouse operations and how to handle them for excellence. With this book I took the Inventory Record Accuracy from 20% to 95% in four months, a must for those new to the warehouse operations and standards.
The chapters are as follows:
1.Inventories: Their importance to Business today
2.Warehouse, Leasing, and Storages Cost
3.Logistics Services and Outsourcing Potentials
4.Selecting a Third Party Service Provider
5.Warehousing Operations: Delivery and Storage
6.Other Warehouse Operations
7.The Compliance Manual
8.Performance Standards and Audits
9.Pricing Warehouse Services, Quotations, and Contracts
10.Bar Coding and EDI
11.Packaging: Containers and Methods

12.Liability, Claims and Insurance
Appendixes

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but low level, December 18, 2002

By A Customer

The book is interesting, but if you are looking for a good book about the warehousing I'd recommend another one. It is the right book if you don't know anything of warehouses and facilities.
This book spends a lot of pages in the Appendix (50%).
Futhermore the regulations are USA ones, so if you don't live in the USA you don't need to know them.
Order this item if you are a novice and order another if you are a logistics executive.