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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 Copyright © 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 •Preface i 0.1 Why this book.............................. i 0.2 Organization............................... ii 0.3 Resources................................ iv 0.4 But first... ............................... iv •Issues, equipment, processes 1 Warehouse rationale 5 1.1 Why have a warehouse?......................... 5 1.2 Types of warehouses .......................... 8 2 Material flow 11 2.1 The fluid model of product flow .................... 11 2.2 Units of handling ............................ 12 2.3 Two fu...