Richards Warehouse Management

The Definitive Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse
5. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-3986-1871-8
Verlag: Kogan Page
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Accessible EPUB

As modern warehouses continue to capitalize on cutting-edge technologies to maximize their role in the supply chain, understand how to successfully manage these warehouses with this bestselling book.

The fifth edition of Warehouse Management is fully updated to include the most current information from across the industry. It also explores emerging technologies, like AI, robotics and automation and how they are shaping today's warehouse operations. There are new real-world examples from companies who have achieved improvements and cost savings through the introduction of new technology and equipment, leaner processes and environmental initiatives.

The book covers an extensive range of key topics from defining the modern warehouse, detailing management processes, strategies and practices to outlining how to tackle environmental challenges to ensure a sustainable supply chain. With practical insights and real-world examples into how to improve operating costs, this is a must read for optimizing warehouse performance.

Online resources include videos and PowerPoint slides.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards, Gwynne

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Lagerhaltung und Versand

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: The role of the warehouse; Chapter - 02: Role of the warehouse manager; Chapter - 03: Warehouse processes - Receiving and put-away; Chapter - 04: Warehouse processes - Pick preparation; Chapter - 05: Goods-to-person and person-to-goods picking; Chapter - 06: Order-picking methods; Chapter - 07: Warehouse processes from replenishment to despatch and beyond; Chapter - 08: Information systems in the warehouse; Chapter - 09: Warehouse layout; Chapter - 10: Storage and handling equipment; Chapter - 11: Resourcing a warehouse; Chapter - 12: Warehouse costs; Chapter - 13: Performance measurement and management; Chapter - 14: Health and safety; Chapter - 15: The warehouse and the environment; Chapter - 16: The warehouse of the future; Chapter - 17: Appendix 1 Global warehouse costs; Chapter - 18: Appendix 2 Warehouse audit checklists; Chapter - 19: Bibliography; Chapter - 20: Websites of companies that have contributed to this book and other useful websites; Chapter - 21: Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Richards, Gwynne
Gwynne Richards has over thirty years' experience in warehouse management and logistics. As well as running his own successful logistics consultancy, he provides a number of courses on warehouse and transport management for practitioners. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Warwick and the University of Aston. He is the author of Warehouse Management and The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit, published by Kogan Page.

Gwynne Richards has over 35 years' experience in warehouse management and logistics. As well as running his own successful logistics consultancy, he provides a number of courses on warehouse and transport management for practitioners. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Warwick and the University of Hull. He is the co-author of The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit and The Logistics Outsourcing Handbook, both also published by Kogan Page. He is based in Norfolk, UK.