TY - BOOK AU - TI - Word-class warehousing and materials handling. SN - 0071376003 AV - HF5485.F69 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill, KW - Warehouses -- Management KW - Materials handling N1 - Includes index; Contents: Why have a warehouse? -- Ware house activity profiling -- Measuring and benchmarking warehouse performance -- Receiving the putaway principles -- Pallet storage and retrieval systems -- Case picking systems -- Small item picking systems -- Order picking operations -- Unitizing and shipping -- Warehouse layout -- Computerizing warehouse operations -- Warehouse workforce and development -- N2 - Presents insights for planning and managing 21st-century warehouse operations. This title provides answers on such topics as: the seven principles of world-class warehousing; warehouse activity profiling; warehouse performance measures; warehouse automation and computerization; receiving and put away; and, storage and retrieval operations ER -