FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COLUMBUS, OH (October 19, 2001) - Warehousing industry expert Ken
Ackerman announced the publication of his new book, Warehousing
Tips, now available to order. The long awaited compilation,
containing over 17 years' worth of tips that anyone who has anything
to do with warehousing should have at their fingertips, was published
last month by Ackerman Publications.
Warehousing Tips provides readers with a definitive
quick-reference resource. Designed to distill decades of experience
into more than 300 practical tips, this book is an invaluable tool
for managers, team leaders, third-party administrators.everyone
from new hires to presidents. Its 12 chapters present ideas about
hiring, training, safety, technology, operations improvement, facilities,
warehouse layout, third-party warehousing, strategy, corporate
management and career management. It closes with a series of handy
checklists.
Within each chapter, Ackerman presents numerous tips on related
subjects. For example, the information in the "Safety, Sanitation
& Security" chapter ranges from signage and emergency
to theft prevention and workplace violence. The "Warehouse
Fire Protection Revisited" section goes into such details
as the four classes of combustibles, and how to deal with inspectors
and underwriters. And the "Career Management" section
offers such useful real-world tips as how to exit gracefully from
a networking session with a colleague, and keys to listening.to
customers and employees.
Ken Ackerman has spent his entire professional career in the warehousing
and logistics industry. He is the author of two other books --
Words of Warehousing and the highly acclaimed Warehousing
Profitably. Ackerman is editor and publisher of six other
educational products, including a monthly subscription newsletter,
Warehousing Forum. Before becoming an international management
advisor, he was chairman of Distribution Centers Inc., a multi-location
public warehouse company that eventually became part of U.K.-based
Exel.
Ackerman has written extensively on the subject of warehousing
and conducts warehousing seminars both domestically and abroad.
Active in professional trade groups, he is a past president of
the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and winner of the Council's
prestigious Distinguished Service Award. In addition, Ackerman
is a founder of the Warehousing Education and Research Council.
He holds a BA degree from Princeton University, and an MBA degree
from the Harvard Business School.
Warehousing Tips is available to purchase for $39.75.
Orders may be placed either by phone at 614.488.3165, fax at 614.488.9243,
mail at 2041 Riverside Dr., Ste. 204, Columbus, OH 43221, or through
the Ackerman Company's website at www.warehousingforum.com. No
shipping/handling fee for US orders pre-paid with a credit card
or check. Substantial discounts for volume orders.
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