Description
Book SynopsisOrder-Fulfillment and Across-the-Dock Concepts, Design, and Operations Handbook provides insights and tips that warehouse and distribution professionals can use to make their order fulfillment or across-the-dock operations more efficient and cost-effective. Each chapter focuses on key aspects of planning and managing, making it easy to find information quickly. The text includes guidelines for development and projection of accurate facility, inventory, SKU, and transaction data, as well as design factors. Filled with illustrations, forms, and tables, this handbook helps you develop the skill and knowledge required to design, organize, and operate a productive order fulfillment or across-the-dock operation.
By applying the recommendations found in this book, you will be able to reduce product damage, enhance product flow, increase employee productivity, improve customer service, reduce operating costs, maintain on-schedule deliveries, and ensure asset protection.
Table of ContentsOrder-fulfillment and across-the-dock strategic considerations. Order-fulfillment and across-the-dock objectives and their impact on your company's profit and customer service. Order-fulfillment systems. Garment-on-hanger order-fulfillment operations. Planning a carton or full-case order-fulfillment operation. Pallet order-fulfillment operations. Single-item, GOH, carton, or pallet across-the-dock operations.
