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Supply Chain Engineering, 2nd Edition
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Supply Chain Engineering, 2nd Edition

by A. Ravi Ravindran, Donald P. Warsing, Jr., Paul M. Griffin
August 2023
Intermediate to advanced
642 pages
19h 30m
English
CRC Press
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7 Warehousing and Distribution

DOI: 10.1201/9781003283393-7

7.1 Introduction

Warehousing and distribution are important supply chain activities that make up more than 7% of the US gross national product (Kearney, 2021). Warehousing is concerned with the efficient storage and handling of physical goods inventories before they are distributed to a downstream supply chain entity such as a retailer or fulfillment center. Warehousing impacts organizational profitability in several ways. First, warehouses help to mitigate supply chain fluctuations such as seasonality or other variations through the storage of inventory as a buffer. Second, warehouses may hold inventory as a hedge when prevailing prices seem favorable for commodities such as lumber ...

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