BusinessWeek - August 25, 2009
"Integrated warehousing" refers to everything that goes into a warehouse operation, including inventory control, order forecasting, and order management. The two components of integrated warehousing are supply chain planning and supply chain execution. In order to achieve acceptable productivity levels, large corporations are increasingly implementing integrated warehousing or outsourcing their warehouse operations to specialized third-party logistics firms. But it's unusual for smaller firms managing their own inventory to use similarly sophisticated techniques, says Bill Harrison, president of Demand Management, a software firm that specializes in supply chain management for small and midsize firms... From an academic standpoint, Georgia Tech has a supply chain and logistics institute that both Oakes and Harrison recommend as a resource for information and teaching tools. Read more>>>