| Warehousing is an arrangement for storing imported | | | | placed on International Standard Organization's |
| articles in the custom stores, without the payment of | | | | standard pallets. |
| duties until the goods are taken out for use. If these | | | | Some warehouses are fully automatic and they have |
| articles are exported again, they are not charged | | | | no employees. The products and pallets are moved |
| with a duty. Ware housing involves the storing of | | | | within the storehouse, with the help of automated |
| goods in a warehouse or a customhouse store. It is | | | | conveyors, automated storage and retrieval |
| occasionally needed and accessed to complement | | | | machines. These are co-ordinated by programmable |
| inbound and outbound transportation services. There | | | | logic controllers and computers equipped with logistics |
| are four different kinds of warehousing available, | | | | automation software. These automated warehousing |
| depending on the load. There are warehouses for | | | | systems are ususally installed in refrigerated |
| finished goods, raw materials and for vendor- | | | | warehouses, where temperatures keep the product |
| managed inventories. | | | | from spoiling. In places where real estate is |
| A warehouse is a commercial building, which acts as a | | | | expensive, the automated storage systems use |
| storeroom for goods. Manufacturers, importers, | | | | vertical space efficiently. |
| exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses and | | | | The tracking of materials and goods in the |
| customs utilize these warehouses. These are huge | | | | warehouse is coordinated by the WMS or |
| buildings and are generally situated in the industrial | | | | Warehouse Management System. This is a database |
| townships. The warehouses are equipped with loading | | | | driven computer program. The WMS is used by |
| docks to load and unload trucks. Sometimes, the | | | | logistics personnel to increase the efficiency of the |
| goods are loaded directly from railways, airports or | | | | warehouse, by directing putaways and maintaining |
| seaports. The warehouses are equipped with cranes | | | | accurate inventories. It also helps to record the |
| and forklifts to move the goods, which are generally | | | | warehouse transactions. |