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Informationen zum Autor Edward Frazelle is the founding Director of The Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech. The Logistics Institute is the world's largest center for logistics education and research. As an educator, Dr. Frazelle has trained more than 20,000 professionals in the principles of world-class logistics. As a consultant he has assisted more than 100 corporations and government agencies in their pursuit of world-class logistics. As an author, he has authored, co-authored, or contributed to seven books and over twenty articles on logistics. Dr. Frazelle's achievements have been recognized by the Council of Logistics Management's Doctoral Research Grant, The Warehousing Education and Research Council's Burr Hupp Fellowship, the Material Handling Institute's MHEF Fellowship, the Institute of Industrial Engineer's Armstrong Award, and Kodak's Educational Grant Award. Dr. Frazelle has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. Klappentext Timeless Insights for Planning and Managing 21st-Century Warehouse OperationsDespite today's just-in-time production mentality, with its efforts to eliminate warehouses and their inventory carrying costs, effective warehousing continues to play a critical bottom-line role for companies worldwide. "World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling "covers today's state-of-the-art tools, metrics, and methodologies for dramatically increasing the effectiveness, accuracy, and overall productivity of warehousing operations.Written by one of today's recognized logistics thought leaders, this comprehensive resource provides authoritative answers on such topics as: The seven principles of world-class warehousing Warehouse activity profiling Warehouse performance measures Warehouse automation and computerization Receiving and put away Storage and retrieval operations Picking and packing Humanizing warehouse operations "World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling "describes the processes and systems required for meeting the changing demands of warehousing. Filled with practices from proven to innovative, it will help all logistics professionals improve the productivity, quality, and cycle time of their existing warehouse operations.Not too long ago, effective warehousing was a relatively straightforward progression of receiving, storing, and shipping. But in today's age of e-commerce, supply chain integration, globalization, and just-in-time methodology, warehousing has become more complex than at any time in the past--not to mention more costly."World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling "breaks through the confusing array of warehouse technology, buzzwords, and third-partyproviders to describe the principles of warehousing required for the implementation of world-class warehousing operations. Holding up efficiency and accuracy as the keys to success in warehousing, it is the first widely published methodology for warehouse problem solving across ...
