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  2. Warehouse execution system - Wikipedia

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    WES software organizes sequences and directs DC resources - both people and automation systems - necessary to move goods within a warehouse or DC, including: receiving, checking and sorting inbound products for storage (receiving); putaway of received goods into storage; replenishment of picking locations from storage; picking of customer ...

  3. Warehouse - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse can be defined functionally as a building in which to store bulk produce or goods (wares) for commercial purposes. The built form of warehouse structures throughout time depends on many contexts: materials, technologies, sites, and cultures. The entrance to a warehouse (the Horrea Epagathiana) in Ostia, an ancient Roman city

  4. Automated storage and retrieval system - Wikipedia

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    The inside of an ASRS at the Defense Visual Information Center, used for the storage of media items such as film canisters Automated 4 aisle miniload warehouse with single mast stacker cranes An automated storage and retrieval system ( ASRS or AS/RS ) consists of a variety of computer-controlled systems for automatically placing and retrieving ...

  5. Third-party logistics - Wikipedia

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    A 2PL works often on call (e.g. express parcel services) whereas a 3PL is almost every time informed about the workload of the near future. As technology progresses, the methodology for notifying a 3PL of inbound workload usually falls on API integrations that connect, for example, an E-commerce store with a fulfilment center. Another point ...

  6. Bonded warehouse - Wikipedia

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    Mason Transfer and Grain Co., bonded warehouse on the South Texas Border. Taken by Robert Runyon sometime between 1900 and 1920.. A bonded warehouse, or bond, is a building or other secured area in which imported but dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated, or undergo manufacturing operations without payment of duty. [1]

  7. Logistics - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse in South Jersey, a U.S. East Coast epicenter for logistics and warehouse construction outside Philadelphia, where trucks deliver slabs of granite [1]. Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.

  8. Cross-docking - Wikipedia

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    Cross-docking takes place in a distribution docking terminal; usually consisting of trucks and dock doors on two (inbound and outbound) sides with minimal storage space. [2] In the LTL trucking industry, cross-docking is done by moving cargo from one transport vehicle directly onto another, with minimal or no warehousing. In retail practice ...

  9. Warehouse management system - Wikipedia

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    A warehouse management system (WMS) is a set of policies and processes intended to organise the work of a warehouse or distribution centre, and ensure that such a facility can operate efficiently and meet its objectives.