An informative operational due-diligence primer.
In this manual, two materials-handling equipment salesmen detail how to determine the best equipment and layout for new and existing warehouse buildings.
In an introduction, experienced sales reps MacDonald and Binns (Exercises, Instructive and Entertaining, in False English, 2008) warn that with warehouses, “layout is very much a game of inches….An unexpected extra half inch per bay, when multiplied a number of times in a row of racks, can cause an expensive headache.” In the pages that follow, they spec out the choices and issues that managers should consider regarding floor and space layout, including such variables as storage depths, heights, and aisle widths, as well as when and where to use forklifts, reach-trucks, and order-pickers so as to arrive at a configuration “most advantageous for your mix of products and orders.” Other topics include the building-block method of storage planning; dock equipment and pallets; automated guided vehicles; and how to combine different pieces of equipment into a unified system. The authors sprinkle commentary throughout on safety issues, such as how to guide order-pickers into narrow aisles to allow easy, safe picking from shelving, but they also note their concern that some of these tips “seem to be little known or used.” They also include layout and equipment illustrations, as well as a terminology section. Throughout, MacDonald and Binns demonstrate laudable awareness that even their intended audience may be intimidated by their manual’s dry topic and high level of detail. That said, the authors provide a helpful overview here for anyone involved in setting up warehousing operations, including the important tip to “go ‘round the circle’ a few times to review the best solutions for your specific needs.” In a tee-up section, “Why Bother,” they make a compelling case not to simply adopt what others in the industry are doing, as they may be working with outdated equipment, inefficiencies, and avoidable problems. However, more detail on how specific equipment and layout configurations might play out for specific products and industries would have been welcome.
An informative operational due-diligence primer.Pub Date: March 18, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4602-7834-5
Page Count: 336
Publisher: FriesenPress
Review Posted Online: Oct. 6, 2016
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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