Business warehouse and inventory management begins with Part A, contextualizing supply chain management and warehouse management. Part B fo­cuses on various key components of inventory management and, finally, Part C investigates integrated warehousing and inventory risk management support­ed with outlining future trends within warehouse and inventory management.

Contents include the following:

• Introduction to supply chain management
• Contextualizing warehousing
• Spatial perspectives on warehouse development
• Warehouse operations and processes
• Warehouse technology and equipment
• Warehouse efficiency
• Inventory management
• Inventory forecasting and demand planning
• Inventory planning and replenishment
• Procurement of inventory
• Inventory control
• Modes of transportation
• Distribution
• Integrated warehousing and inventory risk management
• Future trends in warehousing