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Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management is a group of principles/concepts related to the management of operations performed within the four walls of a Warehouse.

The main categories of operations performed within a warehouse are:


 * Inbound
 * Inventory Management
 * Outbound
 * Labor

Warehouse Management Basics:


 * Items
 * Product Class / Item Category
 * Item Velocity / Movement Class
 * Serial Number Tracking
 * Batch Tracking
 * Lot Tracking
 * Expiration Date Tracking
 * Catch-weight Required
 * Item Unit of Measures / Item Packages
 * Locations
 * Zones
 * Location Types
 * Dock Doors
 * Storage Locations
 * Staging Locations
 * Consolidation Locations
 * Work Order Build Locations
 * P&D Locations
 * Location Sizes
 * Item Assignments
 * Permanent
 * Temporary
 * Location Capacities
 * Track LP
 * Max Items
 * Max Lots
 * Types of Data that Warehouses action:
 * PO: Purchase Order
 * RMA: Returns
 * RTV: Return to Vendor
 * TO: Transfer Orders
 * Orders
 * Work Orders

Inbound:


 * Purchase Orders
 * Purchase Orders
 * Returns / Return to Vendor
 * Transfer Orders
 * ASN
 * Item Level
 * Container Level
 * ASN Level
 * Receiving
 * Palletization / Sorting / Consolidating
 * Putaway

Inventory Management:


 * Cycle Counting
 * Physical Counting
 * Inventory Status Changes
 * Inventory Transfers
 * Inventory Adjustments

Outbound:


 * Waving
 * Order Selection
 * Order Aggregation
 * Allocations
 * Allocate Complete
 * Allocate Line Complete
 * Allocate Available
 * Containerization
 * Pick Inventory into Container
 * Pick Inventory as Container
 * Palletization / Container Nesting
 * Task Creation
 * Cart Picking
 * Tote Picking
 * Full Case Picking
 * Full Pallet Picking
 * Task Grouping
 * Label Generation
 * Picking
 * Packing
 * Staging
 * Shipping
 * Staging
 * Shipping

Commonly used Warehouse Management terminology are:


 * WM: Warehouse Management
 * WMS: Warehouse Management System
 * ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning System
 * MHE: Material Handling Equipment
 * LM: Labor Management System
 * SCI: Supply Chain Intelligence (Reporting)
 * ASN: Advance Shipping Notification
 * PO: Purchase
 * RMA: Return Merchandise Authorization
 * RTV: Return to Vendor
 * TO: Transfer Order
 * ILA: Item Location Assignment
 * ILC: Item Location Capacity
 * QC: Quality Control
 * QA: Quality Audit
 * VAS: Value Added Service