物流英语chapter3

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1、ChapterThreeWarehousingManagementText5WarehousingManagementText6DesignConsiderationsinWarehousingSupplementaryReading:CrossdockingLearningobjectiveTounderstandtheconceptofwarehousingToidentifythevarioustypesofwarehousingToexaminethetrade-offsinwarehou

2、singdesignTogetfamiliarwiththeconceptofcross-dockingKeyTerms关键词汇warehousing仓储warehouse仓库privateWarehouse私人仓库publicwarehouse公共仓库contractwarehouse合同仓库distributioncenter配送中心GeneralIntroductionofWarehousingWhatiswarehousing?Warehousinghasbeendefinedasthepa

3、rtoflogisticssystemsthatstoreproducts(rawmaterials,parts,goods-in-process,finishedgoods…)atandbetweenpointsoforigintopointsofconsumptionWarehousingcanbeprovidedbyeitherwarehousesordistributioncenterswhatisthedifferencebetweenwarehouseandDC?Warehousesem

4、phasizethestorageofproductprimarypurposeistomaximizeusageofavailablestoragespacedistributioncentersemphasizetherapidmovementofproductsthroughafacilityMaimpurposeistomaximizethroughputTypesofWarehousesPrivatewarehouseThistypeofwarehousesareownedoroccup

5、iedonalong-termleasebythefirmusingthem.Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofprivatewarehouse?Advantages:Privatewarehousesprovidemorecontrolsincetheenterpriseshasabsolutedecision-makingauthorityThecontrolfacilitatestheabilitytointegratewarehouseoperati

6、onswiththerestofthefirm’sinternallogisticsprocess.Disadvantages:highfixedcostofprivatestoragethenecessityofhavinghighandsteadydemandvolumesWhatkindofcompaniesusuallyowntheirprivatewarehouses?Answer:Thelargestusersofprivatewarehousingareretailchainstore

7、s,theyhandlelargevolumesofproductsonaregularbasis.Manufacturingfirmsalsoutilizeprivatewarehousing.PublicwarehouseThepublicwarehouseisspacethatcanbeleasedtosolveshort-termdistributionneeds.Whymoreandmorecompaniesareusingpublicwarehouseservicenowadays?B

8、ecausepublicwarehousehascertainadvantages:itrequirenocapitalinvestmentontheuser’spart,thereforemoreflexibilityprovideadditionalstoragespacetoprivatewarehousesowneriftheirfacilitieshavereachedcapacitylimitprovideanumberofvalue-addedservi