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The basic warehousing functions traditionally have been considered to be as follows (Tompkins and White, 1984):

  1. receiving;
  2. identification and sorting;
  3. dispatching to storage;
  4. placing in storage;
  5. storage;
  6. retrieval from storage;
  7. order accumulation;
  8. packing;
  9. shipping
  10. record keeping.

In designing warehousing systems it is desirable to maximize (Tompkins et al. (1996):

  1. space utilization;
  2. equipment utilization;
  3. labor utilization;
  4. accessibility of all materials;
  5. protection of all materials.
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