World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling, 2E, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER FOUR

WORLD-CLASS RECEIVING AND PUT-AWAY

4.1   Receiving Flow Optimization

4.2   Direct Shipping

4.3   Cross-Docking

4.4   Direct Put-away

4.5   Receiving Scheduling

4.6   Pre-receiving

4.7   Dock Assignment Optimization

4.8   Automated Unloading

4.9   Delivery Quality Compliance

4.10 Automated Receiving Inspection

4.11 Prepackaging

4.12 Inbound Cubing and Weighing

4.13 Directed Put-away

4.14 Batch, Sort, and Sequence Put-away

4.15 Prioritized Put-away

4.16 Put-away Location Verification

4.17 Automated Put-away

4.18 Interleaving and Continuous Moves

You may be familiar with the expression “garbage in, garbage out.” This expression applies perfectly to warehousing operations. If you receive “garbage” in the form of damaged and noncompliant ...