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Define Warehousing..
Warehousing refers to the activities involving storage of goods on
What is a Warehouse ?
Under the Warehousing(Development and Regulation)
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Introduction-Warehousing
Holding or preserving goods in huge quantities from time of
finished products.
Storage in large scale & in specified manner is Warehousing.
Controlled by Human
Beings
Automated Guided
Vehicles
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Warehouse layout:
The warehouse layout needs to fit specific needs. Considerations
to be made while planning the layout and operation are:
Deciding on the receiving and shipping locations
Identify minimum paths for movement of equipment and
people, for speedy storage and retrieval
Classifying items as slow, medium and fast and then allocating
separate area for these
Placing the material handling systems at their assigned location
Inside a warehouse
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Types of Warehouses
Private Warehouses
Private Warehouse
Users : Manufacturers or traders to store, exclusively, their own stock
of goods
Public Warehouse
Facilities :The design and the facilities provided therein are according
BBonded Warehouse
Co-operative Warehouse
Public Warehouses
Users : To store goods of general public.Users has to pay rent.
Government Warehouses
Users : Both government and private enterprises may use these
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Bonded Warehouses
Co-operative Warehouses
paid.
societies.
Owners : Owned, managed and controlled by government as well as
ports.
Types of Warehouses
Types of Warehouses
Contract Warehouse:
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Decentralized Warehousing
market,
Features
Public Warehouse
Operating Cost
not closer.
Control
Not satisfactory
Risk
Minimal
Economies of
Scale
Storage and
handling cost
Centralized Warehousing
Strengths
Weakness
bulk qty.
economies of scale.
Inbound transportation costs lower
Strong band loyalty, limited mkt,
Industial products
10 to 20% lower if in
sufficient volume
Pvt Warehouse
advantages.
cheaper.
Less warehousing costs.
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