Goods in a removals warehouse. Image credit office-removals.co.uk
ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Warehousing: Other types of Warehouses
Distribution warehouse
- They are used by manufacturers who cannot afford to have their own warehouse to store goods such as clothes and electrical appliances.
- They are used to store goods from several manufacturers.
- Distributes goods to customers.
- Store goods awaiting collection by a manufacturer’s customers.
“Removals” warehouses
- They are owned by removal companies such as Biddulphs, Glens etc
- The “removals” company: collects goods for storage and
- delivers the goods when required.
- They owners of the goods pay for the storage costs.
Just like with the other warehouses goods in any of the above warehouses can be:
- packed
- graded
- inspected
- branded
- left to mature
- sampled
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