Warehousing refers to the large-scale storage and organization of goods in a systematic manner, making products available when needed. Key functions of warehousing include consolidating goods from different production plants, breaking bulk quantities into smaller units, storing seasonal items, providing value-added services like grading and packing, stabilizing prices by adjusting supply to demand, and financing through advancing money to owners on goods security or supplying goods to customers on credit terms.

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3. •Warehousing refers to the activities
involving storage of goods in a large
scale in a systematic and orderly manner
and making them available conveniently
when needed.
•Means holding or preserving goods in
huge quantities from the time of their
purchase or production till their actual
use or sale

5. Consolidation
In it the warehouse
receives and
consolidate goods
from different
production plants

7. Break in bulk
They divide in the bulk quantities
of goods received from the
production plants into smaller
quantities

9. Storage of goods
They store seasonal goods or materials

10. Value added
services
They provide various value added services like grading,
packing , labeling etc

12. Price
stabilization
By adjusting the supply of
goods with the demand
situation, warehousing
performs functions of
stabilizing prices

13. Financing
Warehouse owners advance money to the owners on
security of goods and further supply of goods on credit
terms to customer

14. Functions of
warehousing
Consolidation
Break in bulk
Storage of goods
Value added services
Price stabilization
Financing