A Study to Improve Warehouse Operation Management in SME in Saudi Arabia

• Main Author: Ali, Abdulrazaq Mohammed
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HF1-6182 Commerce
• Online Access: https://etd.uum.edu.my/2163/1/Abdulrazaq_Mohammed_Ali.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/2163/2/1.Abdulrazaq_Mohammed_Ali.pdf; https://etd.uum.edu.my/2163/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000757581

Warehouse management consider as one essential part of the supply chain management. That actually is acting as a backbone, starting from orders and receives goods from the suppliers up to the next stages in the supply chain from releasing and delivering the goods to the customers. Warehouse management plays a very important role in the daily running business flow. In today's global business environment, computer systems are involved in business process providing quality products and efficient services are vital to staying competitive. Companies must eliminate inefficiencies, monitor productivity, and continually improve their operational performance in order to keep pace. In past, warehouses were managed with traditional processing techniques before computers and technologies were introduced to global markets business. Stockholders used to traditionally manage their business processes such as inventory, warehouse, shipping etc. The sole purpose of conducting this research is to improve the warehouse management tools used in our present time, warehouse management software development industry and the techniques that could improve the warehouse management in the organization. The author believes that the warehouse management shall be categorized as an IT field as much as a business field and a good alignment between both these fields will lead any organization to their success.