A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They come equipped with loading docks to load and unload trucks; or sometimes are loaded directly from railways, airports, or seaports. They also often have cranes and forklifts for moving goods, which are usually placed on ISO standard pallets loaded into pallet racks.
A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be re-distributed to retailers, wholesalers or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principle part, the "order processing" element, of the entire "order fulfillment" process. Distribution centers are usually thought of as being "demand driven'.
Main differences include:
- A distribution center offers value-added services.
- A distribution center is customer focused.
- A distribution center is technology-driven.
In the next posts we will go deeper into the subject.
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