After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Meaning of Ware-Housing 2. Objectives of the Warehousing 3. Necessity 4. Functions. Meaning of Ware-Housing: In the word 'ware-housing', 'ware' means goods in the form of manufactured items, while 'housing' means a place for their safe keeping. Hence 'ware-houses' are go-downs which keep the goods and provide other related services. These [...]
The protection of stores from fire, rust and corrosion, dust, theft, weather, heat, cold and moisture is an important aspect of the store-keeping function. Each kind of material such as textiles, rubber goods, leather goods and metals require its own kind of care. The following points should be remembered in this connection: 1. To Protect Goods from Fire: It is [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the codification of materials in store. In order to identify correctly to avoid confusion, and to save time and efforts to locate the item, proper codification is necessary. Proper codification has following advantages: (i) To avoid lengthy description. (ii) To have correct identification. (iii) To prevent duplication. (iv) To standardise the items. [...]