Warehouse & Distribution Science

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WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION SCIENCE Release 0.98.1 Check for the latest version at www.warehouse-science.com John J. BARTHOLDI, III 1 Steven T. HACKMAN The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0205 USA Revised August 16, 2019 1Copyright ⃝c 1998–2017 John J. BARTHOLDI, III and Steven T. HACKMAN. All rights reserved. This material may be freely copied for educational purposes — but not for resale — as long as the authors’ names and the copyright notice appear clearly on the copies. Corresponding author: john.bartholdi@gatech.edu 2 Contents Preface i 0.1 Whythisbook.............................. i 0.2 Organization............................... ii 0.3 Resources................................ iv 0.4 Butfirst... ............................... iv I Issues, equipment, processes 1 1 Warehouse rationale 5 1.1 Whyhaveawarehouse?......................... 5 1.2 Typesofwarehouses .......................... 8 2 Material flow 11 2.1 Thefluidmodelofproductflow .................... 11 2.2 Unitsofhandling ............................ 12 2.3 Twofundamentalresources....................... 12 2...