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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

By Ericka Marsh


Buildings are made for both residential and commercial purposes. Warehouse leasing is an industrial activity that includes issuing space for storage of goods. They may be private or public owned. This service is provided to entities such as manufacturers, transport businesses, importers, exporters etc.

The location of a warehouse can either be in the countryside or municipal areas. The magnitude of a warehouse is warranted by how it looks as well as how mechanized it is. Bigger houses are known by their cranes and loading docks which are computerized or manually operated. These services came into being in the industrialization period, yet their existence stretches back further. They were once just small stores which were mainly for the purpose of keeping harvest and less mechanical tools.

This leasing enables several types of activities to take place. First, it can be done to display goods for sale. Others cater for overseas trade. In this category, they act as meeting places for wholesale buyers importing or exporting goods where they are stored for verification and tax processing. Packaging is also done in this field. Goods are picked, labeled, checked for legality and packaged for transportation.

Some of the common storehouses are those located in railways, airports and seaports. These ports are busy as they receive large numbers of containers. This takes time to process before being collected by respective customers, hence a need for a place to store them. They are highly specialized and automated. Cranes, conveyors, storage and retrieval is mainly done by computers. Perishable goods are stored in refrigerated computers.

In leasing a warehouse the tenant may be allocated a room where one has quick access to the goods. Keys are given to specific lock rooms and storage time is mostly short term. This can however be extended to longer terms. The jurisdiction strictly prohibits activities as using the room for residential purposes. Items can be covered by insurance companies if the tenant agrees to pay the premiums.

A procedure is followed where it starts by receiving the goods. This is then taken to quality control where verification is done. Depending on the size and perishability, these goods are stored in the best way possible. This is also one major factor that determines the cost of storage. Documents on ownership, length of storage, type of materials and health hazards are strategically stored and processed. They also detect toxic goods, where harmful ones are rejected and disposed using the right procedure.

General inventory management involves: planning inbound receipt, storage; location management, occupational; health and safety and inventory control and lastly outbound delivery procedure. To choose the best warehouse to hire, one needs to consider the volume of goods, transit point, how fast they respond, the protection issued e. G. Insurance covered, breaking bulk location etc.

Special storage is available for high combustible substances such as alcohol and ethanol. Drugs and medical provisions are extremely important and therefore they are stored using high security and attention is given to expiry date. Dangerous materials such as fuel and insecticides are stored in cooled sectors, usually outside the core warehouse.




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