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| Preface | |
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| Logistics and Some Strategic Considerations in Future Operating Costs and Customer Service | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU) | |
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| Economic Value | |
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| How Your Distribution Operation Serves Your Company | |
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| Your Logistics Resources | |
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| Your Company's Warehouse Objectives | |
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| Important Logistics Trends and Issues | |
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| Overview | |
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| Warehouse and Distribution Operation Objectives and Company Profit and Service Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Handling Characteristics | |
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| Distribution Facility Objective | |
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| Distribution Facility Activities | |
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| Maintenance, Sanitation, and Security Activities | |
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| On-Schedule and Accurate Performance of Warehouse, Distribution, and Transportation Activities Mean Profits and Satisfied Customers | |
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| How Facility Layout and Product Flow Pattern Affects Productivity and Handling Costs | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Purpose of the Facility | |
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| The Design Volume Level | |
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| Determining Facility Size | |
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| Warehouse and Distribution Activities | |
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| Facility Layout is a Complex Project | |
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| Facility Layout Objectives | |
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| Computer Simulation | |
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| Facility Layout Fundamentals | |
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| Minimize the Number of Support Columns for Warehouse Ground or Mezzanine Floors | |
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| Facility Layout Presentation Methods | |
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| Facility Layout Principles | |
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| Bases for Warehouse Layout | |
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| Various Warehouse Layout Philosophies | |
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| Site Utilization | |
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| Equipment Layout Planning for an Existing Building Is a Complex Task | |
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| Various Warehouse Layout Principles | |
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| Types of Warehouse Operation | |
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| How to Increase Storage Space | |
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| SKU Unit Load Positions and Optimum Pick and Storage Positions | |
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| Truck and Rail Receiving and Shipping Dock Areas | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Receiving Objective | |
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| Shipping Objective | |
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| Recent Trends in Receiving and Shipping Activities | |
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| Receiving Is Where It Starts | |
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| Unloading Activity | |
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| Verify Quality and Quantity Activity | |
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| How to Handle Product Damage on Your Delivery Vehicle | |
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| Return to Vendor or Hold for Quality Control Area | |
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| Various Inventory Update Methods | |
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| Product Identification | |
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| Product Packaging | |
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| Receiving and Shipping Dock Locations | |
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| Truck Access to the Docks | |
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| How to Project the Required Number of Docks | |
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| Truck Dock Design Factors | |
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| Other Dock Design Features | |
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| Options to Improve Dock Safety and Efficiency | |
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| Receiving and Shipping Office | |
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| Unloading and Loading Concepts | |
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| Shipping Function | |
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| Product Staging Concepts | |
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| Various Receiving and Shipping Staging Concepts | |
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| Other Dock Area Considerations | |
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| Routing and Organizing the Work of Order Pickers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Reasons for Improving Order-Pick Activity | |
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| Fundamental Criterion for Any Order-Picker Routing Pattern | |
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| The Basic Order-Pick Methods | |
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| Various Order-Picker Routing Patterns | |
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| Order-Picker Instruction Methods | |
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| Various Pick Instructions | |
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| Customer Order Handling Methods | |
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| Various Batched (Grouped) Picker Control Concepts | |
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| Elevation and Location of the Pick Position | |
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| Organizing Small-Item Facility Handling Activities | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Unloading Activity | |
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| Quantity and Quality Control Activity | |
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| Packaging Activity | |
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| Product Identification Activity | |
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| Order-Picker Instructions | |
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| Handling Customer Orders | |
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| Order-Picker Routing Patterns | |
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| Inventory Control Activity | |
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| Structural Considerations for the Warehouse | |
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| Single-Item Sortation Is the Heart of a Batched Pick Concept | |
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| Automatic Identification Methods | |
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| Carton (Full-Case) Handling in Warehouse and Distribution Operations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Purpose of a Carton Warehouse or Distribution Operation | |
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| Various Activities | |
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| Order-Pick Methods | |
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| Carton Storage Arrangements and When to Use Them | |
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| Pallet, Carton, and Storage-Pick Position Identification | |
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| Sortation | |
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| Customer Returns, Out-of-Season Product, and Store Transfers | |
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| Nonconveyable Carton Pick | |
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| Arranging Key Pallet (Unit Load) Functions to Control Operating Costs, Improve Inventory Control, and Maximize Storage Space | |
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| Pallet Load Warehouse Objectives | |
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| Facility Design Parameters | |
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| Need for Sufficient Clear Floor Space and Aisles | |
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| The Four Most Important Rack and Building Dimensions | |
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| Other Factors That Affect Employee Productivity | |
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| Transaction Instruction Method | |
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| Customer Order Handling Methods | |
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| Inventory Control System | |
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| Various Unit-Load Storage-Pick Concepts | |
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| Standard Rack Options and Accessories | |
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| Which Horizontal or Vertical Transportation Method Controls Internal Transportation Costs and Handles the Volume and Product | |
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| Transportation Links Two Warehouse Functions | |
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| Various Transportation Concepts | |
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| Small-Item Horizontal Transportation | |
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| Carton or Pallet Load Horizontal Transportation | |
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| Conveyor Options and Accessories | |
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| Determining the Conveyor Path | |
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| Changing the Direction of Travel | |
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| Tips and Insights on Installing Used Conveyors | |
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| Various Types of Trucks | |
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| Cart Train | |
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| Cart Steering | |
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| Cart Coupling (Hook) | |
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| Automatic Coupling (Hookup) | |
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| Automatic Guided Vehicle | |
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| Above-the-Floor Powered Carton or Pallet Horizontal Transport | |
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| Overhead Nonpowered Horizontal Transportation | |
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| Overhead Powered Horizontal Transportation | |
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| Vertical Transportation Systems | |
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| The Best Lift Truck and Mobile Warehouse Equipment for an Operation | |
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| Design Parameters | |
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| Various Lift Trucks | |
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| Storage/Retrieval Vehicles | |
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| High-Rise Order-Picker Truck | |
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| Rough-Terrain (Yard or Outdoor) Lift Trucks | |
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| Various Vertical Lift Vehicles | |
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| Bridge Crane | |
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| Improving Truck Operator Productivity and Reducing Product and Equipment Damage | |
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| Lift Truck Attachments | |
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| Various Aisle Guidance Methods | |
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| End-of-Aisle Vehicle Slowdown Devices | |
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| Pickup and Delivery Stations | |
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| Stacking Stackable and Nonstackable Products | |
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| Unitize or Palletize Loads as Soon as Possible | |
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| Stacking Design Parameters | |
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| Pallet Boards | |
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| Slip Sheet | |
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| Skid | |
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| Container | |
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| How to Stabilize Unit Loads | |
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| The Best Inventory Control and Storage-Pick Position for an Operation | |
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| Inventory Control | |
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| Inventory Projection Methods | |
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| Product Identification | |
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| Product Destination in the Warehouse | |
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| Position Identification Methods | |
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| Storage-Pick Location Identification | |
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| Put-Away and Withdrawal Transaction Verification Methods | |
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| Various Replenishment Concepts | |
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| Calculation of SKU Space Requirements | |
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| Inventory Tracking Methods | |
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| Manual Versus Automatic Identification Systems | |
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| Components of Identification Method | |
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| Various Identification Systems | |
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| Various Automatic Systems | |
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| Components of Automatic Identification System | |
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| Specifying the SKU, SKU Carrier, and Structure | |
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| Symbology (Code) | |
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| Code Generation Alternatives | |
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| Bar-Code Types | |
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| Manual-Readable Codes | |
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| Machine-Readable Codes | |
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| Various Product Identification Encoding Devices | |
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| Mechanical and Electrical Components | |
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| Decreasing Product Flow Time and Handling Costs with an Across-the-Dock Operation | |
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| Objective of an Across-the-Dock Operation | |
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| What Is Required? | |
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| From Your Company, Who Is Involved? | |
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| The Vendor's Responsibility | |
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| Material Handling Systems and Product Types | |
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| Receiving and Shipping Areas Are Most Important | |
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| Various Carton Distribution Systems | |
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| Merchandise Order-Pick Methods | |
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| Packing Verification | |
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| Handling Hanging Garments in an Across-the-Dock Operation | |
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| Facility Site Selection | |
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| Centralized or Decentralized Operations | |
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| Factors in the Decision | |
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| Noneconomic (Secondary) Site Selection Factors | |
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| Your Business and Its Relationship to the Site Selection Factors | |
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| Site Selection Project Types | |
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| Look at Existing Buildings to Remodel (Retrofit) | |
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| How to Service Remote Customers | |