warehousing
Keeping inventory stocked
Warehousing is the storage of goods in a warehouse, typically as part of a supply chain before distribution or sale.
The term extends to any large-scale accumulation and holding: data warehousing, warehousing inventory until prices rise.
In finance, warehousing refers to accumulating shares gradually before a takeover bid, or holding loans before bundling them for resale.
Flat freight platforms
- racksFrames for storing items
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- binsReceptacles for storage
- forkliftsPronged industrial lifting vehicles
stacking · aisles · climate-controlled · refrigeration · freezers · crates · containers · boxes
Transporting goods to destinations
- receivingAcquiring what's sent
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- containerizationStandardized cargo packaging system
- freightGoods being transported
palletizing · conveyors · RFID · barcoding · 3PL · FTL · intermodal · drayage
State of achieved purpose
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- dispatchSend with speed
- parcelsWrapped items for delivery
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
last-mile · hub · outbound · inbound · consolidation · break-bulk · carriers · routing
Counting stored merchandise
- SKURetail product identifier
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- auditFormal accounts examination
tracking · replenishment · dead-stock · backstock · FIFO · LIFO · shrinkage · picking
Vehicle storage facility
Self-operating system design
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- leanLacking fat; incline
- just-in-timeExactly when required
throughput · scalability · workflow · KPIs
Bulk sales to merchants
- retailSales to end users
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
- dropshippingSelling goods you never handle
pallets
Flat freight platforms
forklifts · stacking · aisles · climate-controlled · refrigeration · freezers · crates · containers · boxes · mezzanine
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
- receivingAcquiring what's sent
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- containerizationStandardized cargo packaging system
freight · palletizing · conveyors · RFID · barcoding · 3PL · FTL · intermodal · drayage · manifest
fulfillment
State of achieved purpose
consignment · last-mile · hub · outbound · inbound · consolidation · break-bulk · carriers · routing · throughput
stocktaking
Counting stored merchandise
- SKURetail product identifier
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
audit · tracking · replenishment · dead-stock · backstock · FIFO · LIFO · shrinkage · picking · putaway
depot
Vehicle storage facility
automation
Self-operating system design
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- leanLacking fat; incline
just-in-time · throughput · scalability · workflow · KPIs
wholesale
Bulk sales to merchants
- retailSales to end users
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
- B2BEnterprise-to-enterprise commerce
- military supportmedical services, transportation, communications, engineering, logistics
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- logisticsshipping, delivery, shipment, carriers, distributing
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, books, publications
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
warehousingretailing
Selling goods to buyers
retail display · retail sales · point of sale · direct-to-consumer · shop floor
warehousingshipping
Transporting goods to destinations
transportation · distribution · transit · dispatching · delivery
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