Warehousing
  • Syllabus
  • Course modules
  • Assignments
  • Extra materials
  1. Extra materials
  • Warehousing
  • 1  Syllabus
  • Warehouse Operations and Performance Diagnosis
    • 2  Introduction to warehousing
    • 3  Warehouse functions and flows
    • 4  Warehouse systems
    • 5  Warehouse functionality
    • 6  Planning scales in warehousing
  • 7  Distribution Network Design and Facility Location
  • Storage Systems, Policies, and Storage Location Assignment
    • 8  Theses on Storage-Location Assignment
  • Storage Space Requirements, Forward-Reserve Allocation, and Replenishment
    • 9  Replenishment in practice
  • 10  Warehouse Sizing, Layout, and Material-Handling System Design
  • 11  Order-Picking System Design and Control
  • 12  Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems
  • 13  Exam Preparation and Assignment Work
  • Tutorials
    • 14  Facility-location optimization
    • 15  Warehouse storage optimization
    • 16  Economic order quantity (EOQ) model
    • 17  Optimal lane depth for block stacking
    • 18  Product allocation and functional-area sizing
    • 19  Warehouse block-layout design
    • 20  Order picking: routing, batching, and scheduling
  • Assignments
    • 21  WH-AS1 - Diagnosis and Activity Profiling
    • 22  WH-AS2 - Storage Location Assignment and Space Requirements
    • 23  WH-AS3 - Warehouse Layout Improvement
    • 24  WH-AS4 - Order-Picking Improvement
    • 25  WH-AS5 - Intervention Trade-Off Analysis
    • 26  WH-FINAL - Management Report and Reproducible Code
    • 27  WH-PR - Report and Code Peer Review
    • 28  Report and Code Assessment Rubrics
  • Extra materials
    • 29  Practice questions
    • 30  Warehousing Tour D’Horizon
    • Complete slide catalog

Table of contents

  • Lecture slides
  • Course reader
  • Distribution Network Design and Facility Location
  • Storage Systems, Policies, and Storage Location Assignment
  • Storage Space Requirements, Forward-Reserve Allocation, and Replenishment
  • Warehouse Sizing, Layout, and Material-Handling System Design
  • Order-Picking System Design and Control
  • Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems
  • Exam Preparation and Assignment Work
  • Additional warehousing materials

Extra materials

Use the course modules for slides, tutorials, tools, and further reading. Canvas remains authoritative for announcements, submissions, grades, and current deadlines.

Lecture slides

Complete slide catalog

Published Warehousing slide collection

The slide catalog groups lecture decks by course module.

Course reader

Warehouse Operations and Performance Diagnosis

Distribution Network Design and Facility Location

Distribution Network Design and Facility Location

Storage Systems, Policies, and Storage Location Assignment

Storage Systems, Policies, and Storage Location Assignment

Storage Space Requirements, Forward-Reserve Allocation, and Replenishment

Storage Space Requirements, Forward-Reserve Allocation, and Replenishment

Warehouse Sizing, Layout, and Material-Handling System Design

Warehouse Sizing, Layout, and Material-Handling System Design

Order-Picking System Design and Control

Order-Picking System Design and Control

Order Picking: Routing, Batching, and Scheduling

Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems

Robotized and Automated Warehouse Systems

Exam Preparation and Assignment Work

Exam Preparation and Assignment Work

Practice questions

Additional warehousing materials

Warehousing Tour D’Horizon: books and literature reviews

Warehouse improvement slide showcase

28  Report and Code Assessment Rubrics
29  Practice questions