The Warehouse Management Handbook

6" x 9", hardcover, 980 pages, $79.95, Tompkins Press. Table of Contents Order Now

This comprehensive handbook was designed to offer both the experienced warehouse manager and the novice a thorough and complete resource covering all aspects of modern warehouse management. Illustrations and graphics are used extensively to supplement the text, and each chapter includes real-world examples and practical advice.

In The Warehouse Management Handbook, you’ll find practical, hands-on information and advice on key topics such as:

• Developing a process and selecting the right warehouse management system
• Planning both space and layout requirements for the warehouse
• Grasping the issues involved in third party logistics decisions
• Utilizing information systems for maximum effectiveness
• Choosing the best warehouse site
• Designing the most efficient truck and rail dock facilities, and establishing yard requirements
• Establishing effective stock location and inventory control systems
• Understanding the importance of maintenance in your warehouse operation
• Controlling losses due to theft, damage, fire, and obsolescence
• Taking full advantage of storage and retrieval systems, conveyor systems, and shipping systems among others
• Evaluating capital investments

The Warehouse Management Handbook is an invaluable reference tool that should be on every manager’s desk.

Table of Contents

1. The challenge of warehousing
2. Warehousing and physical distribution
3. Warehousing and manufacturing
4. Logistics excellence
5. Third-party warehousing
6. Transportation modes
7. Distribution network systems
8. Customer service management
9. Warehouse space and layout planning
10. Personnel planning
11. Achieving organizational excellence in warehouse operations
12. Facilities planning
13. Simulation
14. Economic analysis
15. Hazardous materials management
16. Environmental concerns in warehousing
17. Fire protection in warehousing: An examination of codes, systems, and plans
18. Dock design
19. Large parts storage systems
20. Small parts storage systems
21. Automated storage/retrieval systems
22. Lift trucks
23. Unit load conveyors
24. Automatic guided vehicle systems
25. Hoists, monorails, and overhead traveling cranes
26. Auto ID systems
27. RF communications
28. Warehouse control and management systems
29. Warehouse measurement systems
30. Electronic data interchange
31. Containers and packaging
32. Receiving in the warehouse
33. Order picking
34. Stack location management and inventory control
35. Shipping systems
36. Warehouse maintenance
37. Loss control

About the Authors

To ensure the latest information available on the subject, the editors, Dr. James A. Tompkins and Jerry D. Smith of the supply chain consulting firm Tompkins Associates turned to a team of 38 experts drawn from management, engineering, marketing, computer technology, top consulting firms, and academe.

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If for any reason you are not totally satisfied with The Warehouse Management Handbook, Second Edition, simply return it within 30 days for a complete refund.

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