Warehouse Analysis

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The main function of a warehouse is to store goods to be used in retail or wholesale outlets. It is to accommodate a surplus of products that are generally sold within smaller stores that are not in immediate use. Stores are supplied when needed by a customer. Warehouses include different functions according to what the store needs.
The major function of a warehouse is storage:
It is mainly responsible for receiving, organising and shipping of products to and from whoever has or needs products. The bulk of a warehouses area is for storage usage and for moving products from one place to the next. This is done through small transporters similar to forklifts. There are two types of transporters, each doing a separate job; one type

The difference between logistics and the other two is that logistics handles the products all the way through and gauges salaries based on employees performance.
Receiving is where the products are brought to whenever the warehouse needs to resupply the stock that it currently holds. Receiving is generally filled by large amounts of the same products that have been brought in by different suppliers. Receiving generally has a separate loading bay to itself; but often there is a loading bay for receiving of perishables that is fairly close to the area allocated to perishables, sometimes even inside perishables. From receiving, goods immediately go to the goods storage above floor level; but still on the same story since the entire warehouse area is composed of a single

If a product is sold to the stores at the same rate, the stores will generally sell the products at the same price increase, depending on where the store sits in the market.
Risk Minimalizing :
Stores keep products in the warehouse for as long as possible to reduce risks such as fire or theft. If a product is lost while it remains in the warehouses possession, it can be replaced by the warehouses insurance company. If it is lost while in the possession of the store, it becomes part of the loss because it is not generating income for the period of time that it is not on the shelves.
Grading and Packaging:
Warehouses will generally set a standard of the products quality to be sold to the stores. This is to maintain the quality throughout all the stores that buy from the warehouse. If a product is of bad quality, it is up to the warehouse to follow through to the suppliers to ensure that it does not happen again. The warehouse will also put a unique label on the product so that the consumer knows where the product came from as well a the standard quality that is associated with the brand.