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The Functions of Warehousing

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To evaluate the use of warehousing in your business, you need to understand ways in which warehousing functions to add value to products. In essence, warehousing provides time and place utility for any product, through efficient management of space and time.

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Ackerman, K.B. (1997). The Functions of Warehousing. In: Practical Handbook of Warehousing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6013-5_2

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