A facility that accepts inbound consignments of raw materials, components or finished goods, divides and then recombines them into outbound shipments. Many DCs also contain specialised handling/storage equipment and IT systems and serve as warehouses
The warehouse facility which holds inventory from manufacturing pending distribution to the appropriate stores.
location where orders from booksellers are received and processed and where books are stored and dispatched. Since the days when every publisher had its own warehouse and trade counter (from which local orders were supplied on demand), the trend has been towards large out of town distribution centres servicing the requirements of many publishers and imprints.
A post-production warehouse for finished goods.
A postproduction warehouse for finished goods.