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AIEN 2016 KXO325 Echo Section A Warehousing Warehousing Warehousing is the part of the firm’s supply chain that stores products (raw materials, parts, goods-in-process, finished goods) at and between points of origin and points of consumption.储存源点和销售点及之间的产品 Provides time and place utility 时间和地点效用for raw materials, industrial goods, and finished products, allowing organizations to use customer service as a dynamic value-adding competitive tool. 使组织利用客户服务作为一种动态价值增值的工具 Warehousing is necessary for the following reasons (了解3个点): Achieve transportation economies and consolidation 达到运输节约与整合 Maintain a source of supply 维持供应来源 Meet changing market conditions, such as seasonality, demand fluctuations, and competition – i.e. stored goods act as buffer 满足变化的市场情况：季节性变化、需求波动、竞争等 – 例如：储存货物作为缓冲 Take advantage of quantity purchase discounts and forward buys Support the company’s customer service policies Overcome the time and space differentials that exist between producers and customers Three basic functions for warehousing* Movement运作 (Internal Warehouse Functions*: materials handling物料搬运): Receiving接收 (Inbound processes): (~10% of warehouse operating costs), the collection of activities involved in: The orderly receipt of all materials coming into the warehouse;有序的收据 Providing the assurance that the quantity and quality of such materials are as ordered;保证物料有序摆放 Disbursing materials to storage or to other organizational functions requiring them支出 Put-away上架/放置 (Inbound processes): (~15% of warehouse operating costs), the act of placing merchandise to storage; it includes: Determining and registering the actual storage location(s) 决定与登记确切储存地址 Transportation from docking bay to shelf 从停靠站到货架的运输 Placement on the shelf货架上的布置 Order Picking 指令拣选(Outbound processes): (typically done by the warehouse management system of the facility). These activities