Title: A literature overview about warehouse management

Authors: Cesar Ramirez; Alvaro Luiz Neuenfeldt Júnior; Julio Cezar Siluk; Lucas De Ataíde

Addresses: Federal University of Santa Maria, Avenue Roraima 1000, Building 7, Room 302, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Brazil ' Federal University of Santa Maria, Avenue Roraima 1000, Building 7, Room 302, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Brazil ' Federal University of Santa Maria, Avenue Roraima 1000, Building 7, Room 302, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Brazil ' Federal University of Santa Maria, Avenue Roraima 1000, Building 7, Room 302, 97105-900, Santa Maria, Brazil

Abstract: Warehouses are structures designed to store products, responsible for establishing a connection among providers and consumers. In terms of costs, the warehouse management represents approximately 20% of the total logistics costs. The objective of this article is to identify critical success factors and the state-of-art of scientific literature perspectives about the warehouse management context. The literature review was developed based on a pragmatic perspective, through a systematic study based on recent articles about warehouse management. The research methodology is based on literature review approach composed with 42 selected articles of well-known peer-review journals. A total of seven topics were collected and classified with a relevance level. Specifically, tracking was the most explored topic due to the importance of product identification, contributing positively to improve management efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Keywords: warehouse management; supply chain management; literature review; competitiveness.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2022.124184

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2022 Vol.42 No.2, pp.153 - 175

Received: 07 Aug 2019
Accepted: 12 Jan 2020
Published online: 15 Jul 2022 *

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