... identification Warehousing Critical success factors Market competition requires continuous improvement in the design and operation of warehouses, which in turn changes the typical role of a warehouse. This implies that warehouses face the challenge of enhancing their activities with new information...

... companies. Findings Finnish companies tend to focus on the emerging East European markets through their warehousing network structure, while Swedish companies focus more on Western Europe. Selection of warehouse location is dominated by three criteria, namely distribution cost, road transportation...

... easy to solve. The aim of this paper is to study the problem areas in GI and provide solutions to increase the performance of warehousing operations. First, a conceptual framework has been developed to improve the effectiveness of warehousing operations. Second, a case study has been conducted...

... " , this is a question that should be high on the agenda for boardroom discussion in all manufacturing companies. The fact that it all too rarely appears on the agenda at all is witness to the hidden nature of warehousing costs and to the practical difficulty in determining what scope for economy exists. The costs...