•Logistics profile: redesigning distribution centers

• Introduction

• The nature and importance of warehousing

• The role of warehouse in the logistics system: a basic conceptual rationale

• Basic warehousing decisions
- the ownership decision
- public warehousing
- contract warehousing
- the number of warehouses

• Basic warehouse operations
- on the lone: homemade warehousing

• Warehouse layout and design
- layout and design principles
- layout and design objectives

• Materials handling
- objectives of materials handling
- guidelines and principles for materials handling
- supply chain technology: RF helps Hasbro get ahead of the game

• Packaging
- the role of packaging
- what is packaging?
- packaging materials
- bar coding
- summary
- study questions
- notes
- case 8-1: vanity products

• Material-handling
- dock equipment
- other materials-handling equipment
- order-picking and storage equipment
- types of materials-handling equipment – a design perspective
- equipment selection factors