Marketing S.S.S 2 Second Term

WEEK 3

 Warehousing lll

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

Enumerate the activities of warehouses

Content

Activities of warehouses.

Activities of Warehouses

After goods are received and before goods are shipped, a series of internal warehouse activities take place to ensure an effective flow through the warehouse and to organize and maintain company inventories.

Warehouses most often perform the following activities:

i. Protective, packaging and material handling: This is the managerial function of arranging and controlling activities for moving products within plants. Warehousing protects, packages and carefully handles materials from spoilage or damage.

ii. Order processing: This involves a credit check, recording of sale which requires record-keeping tasks such as crediting a sales representative making appropriate accounting entries and locating ordered products and adjusting.... View More