Warehousing is literally understood as warehouse storage. In the logistics industry, it refers to the overall logistics operation of using warehouses and related equipment to carry out the storage, storage and delivery of items.

The characteristics of modern warehousing have changed greatly from traditional warehousing. Modern warehousing refers to the purpose of meeting the needs of the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, and then relying on warehouse facilities and information technology to carry out the entry and exit of goods and storage And processing, packaging, sorting, distribution. and other effective logistics activities.

The essence of warehousing is to manage and control inventory, but the four major characteristics of modern warehousing are

Dynamic management, the static management of traditional warehousing, is the special storage and management of goods. Basically, the more goods stored, the better, but modern warehousing is dynamic management. The main core is to quickly perform a turnover on the inventory of goods.

For value-added services, modern warehousing has more functions. Compared with traditional warehousing, it provides services such as processing, packaging, sorting, and distribution.

For mechanized operations, traditional warehousing is basically manual operations, while modern warehousing uses machines for logistics work and also has automated operations.

Information management, modern warehousing uses TMS logistics and transportation management system, which is easy to operate, and the operation of logistics content is clear, very convenient and fast.