Commercial Enterprise Security & Logistics

Warehouse logistics refers to the physical flow of products during receiving and shipping as well as the data associated with this flow, such as fulfillment times or product information. A product being received at the warehouse has to be stored in the put-away bay and transferred to a storage location once one is allocated. When a sales order is received, the products have to be located within the warehouse and shipped to the consumer. This is the physical flow of goods.
Warehouse security is an important aspect of commercial enterprise security. Companies rely on the storage of stocks of goods, which are valuable assets to them. Breach of security would almost certainly result in monetary loss as well as emotional and mental stress for employees and owners. To define warehouse logistics, we must first understand the meaning of logistics itself. In the simplest possible terms, logistics may be defined as the detailed planning, organization, management, and implementation of complex operations. In many industries, including warehousing, logistics also extends to the flow of both physical goods and information. Warehouse logistics, therefore, encompasses all the varied, complex factors – organization, movements, and management – involved in warehousing. This includes the flow (shipping and receiving) of physical inventory, as well as that of more abstract goods, including information and time.
Warehouse logistics may also extend to anything from warehouse pest control, to damaged goods handling, to safety policies, to human resources management, to customer returns. In other words, warehouse logistics involves all the policies, procedures, and organizational tools necessary to keep your warehouse operations running smoothly. Advanced warehouse management systems (WMS) give you real-time insight into your warehouse, and equip you – and all your employees – with the necessary tools to effectively, efficiently and profitably manage your warehouse. Comprehensive WMS also combine traditional management tools with warehouse control systems (WCS) to create a whole-warehouse synergy to improve your overall logistics, from inventory receipt to shipping.