World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling, Second Edition

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This book nicely presents high impact content related to the Frazelle Supply Chain Model developed at the Supply Chain Institute at Georgia Tech. The model builds a very credible case that effective Supply Chain design begins with the objectives of Customer Service and flow through policies established sequentially through Inventory Management, Supply, Transportation and finally Warehouse functions. Decisions cascade through these functions culminating in warehousing - which is largely determined and constrained by prior policy. This book delves into the warehousing function and in my opinion deserves a place on any supply chain professionals bookshelf. I'm looking forward to what I hope will be future books covering in greater depth the other functions in the supply chain model described by RightChain (TM), now associated with LRI Consulting (Logistics Resources International).

This book will not only present to the reader a primer on sound warehousing operations, but it will provide substantive direction on how to measure and improve performance. The only drawback is the realization that the largest potential for performance improvement is when the entire supply chain model is considered and not only the warehousing functions. Given this - sometimes you need to address the functions within the total model where access or authority is granted to affect change. If this describes you relative to the warehousing function - you will value this book.