STORAGE WAREHOUSING

A storage warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Storage warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. Homepack Freight International (HMPK) has usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities & towns and usually have loading docks to load and unload goods from trucks. Sometimes Homepack Freight International (HMPK) storage warehouses load and unload goods directly from railways, seaports and airports.
They often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks.

Processes and IT:

Major warehousing processes include:

• Receiving
• Put away
• Order preparation / picking
• Shipping
• Inventory management (cycle counting, addressing...)

Warehouses frequently provide services, such as:

• Co-packing
• Kitting
• Repair