墨菲物流学英文版第12版课后习题答案第10章.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 7 Copyright ? 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. PART II ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS CHAPTER 10: WAREHOUSING MANAGEMENT 10-1. Why does warehousing exist in a supply chain? A key reason for warehousing is because patterns of production and consumption do not coincide and warehousing serves to match different rates or volumes of flow. Sometimes, larger quantities of goods are purchased than can be consumed in a short period of time and warehousing space is needed to store the surplus product. There is also a supply aspect of warehousing in the sense that a producer might purchase