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WAREHOUSING/WHOLESALE OVERVIEW

The Warehousing sector includes industries providing warehousing and storage for goods, Establishments in these areas typically use transportation equipment or transportation related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline. Many of the establishments in this sector often operate on networks, with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over an extensive geographic area.

Our Company helps distribution and warehouse professionals to more efficiently move materials and finished product through the supply chain. We work with managers and engineers who recommend, select or buy materials handling solutions for manufacturing, warehousing and distribution operations.

Online Recourses:

Warehousing Education and Research Council
www.werc.org
The Warehousing Education and Research Council is the only professional organization focused exclusively on warehouse management, providing practical, how-to information to help members grow professionally as they improve warehouse and company performance.

WERC.org
www.werc.org/industry/associations.htm
The WERC site provides links to 18 warehouse industry associations.

Modern Materials Handling Online
http://www.manufacturing.net/mmh/index.asp?layout=industryLinksWebzine
Provides links to 48 associations.

American Wholesale Marketers Association
www.awmanet.org
The only international trade organization working on behalf of convenience distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $85 billion in U.S. convenience product sales. Associate members include manufacturers, brokers, retailers and others allied to the convenience product industry. Typical products purchased and sold by convenience distributors include candy, tobacco, snacks, beverages, health and beauty care items, general merchandise, foodservice and groceries. In addition to convenience stores, their largest customer segment, convenience distributors also service grocery stores, drug stores, tobacco shops, mass merchants, newsstands, concession stands, gift shops, fundraising groups, restaurants, institutions and much more.

 

 

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