Highly Competitive Warehouse Management - Softcover

Jeroen P. Van Den Berg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915910659 ISBN 13: 9780915910656

Publisher: Distribution Group, 2012

Synopsis

Why do some distribution centers have excellent performance while others struggle? Highly Competitive Warehouse Management unravels the secrets of those best-in-class operations and shows how they create a competitive advantage for their companies.

With the accompanying Warehouse Maturity Scan, distribution center and supply chain management will have a tool to analyze the current state of their operations. Based on these results, the author provides a systematic yet flexible action plan for improvement, which involves human behavior, process redesign, warehouse management systems and supply chain alignment. These materials, along with case studies, detailed examples and thought provoking questions will move your facility to best-in-class performance.

Van den Berg has shown clearly, with many practical examples, how to apply contemporary management tools to warehouse management.

Dr Robert S. Kaplan, Professor Harvard Business School and co-developer of Balanced Scorecard and time-driven activity-based costing.

In two years time, Highly Competitive Warehouse Management changed our distribution center frombunderdog to top dog in the Air Force supply chain.

Major Peter van Winkel, Project Manager, Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands

Jeroen van den Berg forcibly shows that warehouse management – often underestimated in value –is central to achieving high operational and financial performance for most contemporary enterprises.

Dr John Gattorna, Author of Dynamic Supply Chains and Adjunct Professor, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia

About this title

About the Author

Dr Jeroen P. van den Berg (b. 1967) is a well-known expert in warehouse management. In his work, either as a consultant, author, teacher, speaker or researcher, he challenges people to see the big picture and overcome the obstacles that prevent progress in their companies. People who work with him, will notice his talent for giving structure to complex issues so that they become easy to understand.

In 1996, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Twente in The Netherlands with his thesis “Planning and Control of Warehousing Systems.” He holds a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the same university.

Visit his website: www.JeroenvandenBerg.nl.

From the Inside Flap

Waarom zijn sommige distributiecentra in staat om excellente prestaties te leveren terwijl veel anderen dagelijks worstelen om de goederen de deur uit te krijgen? 'Highly Competitive Warehouse Management' ontrafelt de geheimen van best-in-class magazijnen en laat zien hoe zij concurrentievoordeel creëren voor bedrijven.

Met de bijbehorende Warehouse Maturity Scan hebben logistiek en supply chain managers een tool om de huidige staat van hun operatie te meten. Op basis van de uitkomsten, biedt de auteur een systematisch en flexibel actieplan voor verbetering, waarbij menselijk gedrag, procesontwerp, warehouse-managementsystemen en ketenafstemming hand in hand gaan. Deze hulpmiddelen, samen met case studies, gedetailleerde voorbeelden en uitdagende vragen zullen uw distributiecentra vooruit helpen tot het niveau van de best-in-class.

\"Van den Berg laat duidelijk zien, met veel praktische voorbeelden, hoe hedendaagse management tools gebruikt worden voor warehouse management.\" - Robert Kaplan, Harvard Business School en ontwikkelaar van de Balanced Scorecard en time-driven activity-based costing

\"In twee jaar tijd, veranderde Highly Competitive Warehouse Management ons distributiecentrum van de underdog in de top dog van de luchtmachtketen.\" - Majoor Peter van Winkel, Ministerie van Defensie

\"Jeroen van den Berg laat krachtig zien dat warehouse management - vaak ondergewaardeerd - essentieel is voor het bereiken van hoogstaande operationele en financiële prestaties voor de meeste hedendaagse ondernemingen.\" - John Gattorna, Auteur van Dynamic Supply Chains

Edition details

• Publisher: Distribution Group
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915910659
• ISBN 13: 9780915910656
• Binding: Paperback