Why do some distribution centers have excellent performance while others struggle? Highly Competitive Warehouse Management unravels the secrets of those best-in-class operations and shows how they create a competitive advantage for their companies.
With the accompanying Warehouse Maturity Scan, distribution center and supply chain management will have a tool to analyze the current state of their operations. Based on these results, the author provides a systematic yet flexible action plan for improvement, which involves human behavior, process redesign, warehouse management systems and supply chain alignment. These materials, along with case studies, detailed examples and thought provoking questions will move your facility to best-in-class performance.
Van den Berg has shown clearly, with many practical examples, how to apply contemporary management tools to warehouse management.
Dr Robert S. Kaplan, Professor Harvard Business School and co-developer of Balanced Scorecard and time-driven activity-based costing.
In two years time, Highly Competitive Warehouse Management changed our distribution center frombunderdog to top dog in the Air Force supply chain.
Major Peter van Winkel, Project Manager, Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands
Jeroen van den Berg forcibly shows that warehouse management - often underestimated in value -is central to achieving high operational and financial performance for most contemporary enterprises.
Dr John Gattorna, Author of Dynamic Supply Chains and Adjunct Professor, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia
About the Author: Dr Jeroen P. van den Berg (b. 1967) is a well-known expert in warehouse management. In his work, either as a consultant, author, teacher, speaker or researcher, he challenges people to see the big picture and overcome the obstacles that prevent progress in their companies. People who work with him, will notice his talent for giving structure to complex issues so that they become easy to understand.
In 1996, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Twente in The Netherlands with his thesis "Planning and Control of Warehousing Systems." He holds a master's degree in Applied Mathematics from the same university.
Visit his website: www.JeroenvandenBerg.nl.
