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The warehouse revolution : automate or terminate / Peter Devenyi, Miguel Pinilla, and Jim Stollberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Devenyi, Peter, author.
- Pinilla, Miguel, author.
- Stollberg, Jim, author.
- Series:
- Supply and operations management collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business logistics.
- Materials management.
- Warehouses--Automation.
- Warehouses.
- Warehouses--Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 175 pages) : illustrations, charts
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Business Expert Press, LLC, [2024]
- Summary:
- This book is a must-read for technologists, retailers, and investors who seek to understand the warehouse automation industry and the tradeoffs of the various technologies. It walks through an array of automation options using understandable terms. It describes the history of the industry and how e-commerce catapulted warehouse automation to the forefront of supply chain operations. The Warehouse Revolution will also be of interest to those who are just curious and seek to understand what's happening behind the curtain- the highly choreographed movement of people and machines that enable packages to show up at our respective doorsteps in less than a day.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Warehouse Automation Through the Years
- Chapter 2: The Case for Automation
- Chapter 3: The Big Picture-Receiving to Shipping
- Chapter 4: Automated Receiving and Inspection
- Chapter 5: Automated Decanting and Storage
- Chapter 6: Automated Order Picking and Replenishment
- Chapter 7: Order Consolidation, Packing, and Value-Added Services
- Chapter 8: Automated Package and Pallet Sortation
- Chapter 9: Staging and Truck Loading
- Chapter 10: What About Returns?
- Chapter 11: Automation Using AGVs and AMRs
- Chapter 12: Making Sense of All the Software
- Chapter 13: The Evolution of Automated Fulfillment
- Appendixes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Devenyi, Peter The Warehouse Revolution
- ISBN:
- 9781637425749
- 1637425740
- OCLC:
- 1422232599
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