A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouse are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesale, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, towns, or villages. The effective operation of warehouse help in just-in-time delivery which ensure that consumers can have confidence that the products they want to buy is always available in the shaves. In this modern times technology has created a very big room for improvement of warehouse operation and management, technology has simplify the warehouse day to day task and also reduce the risk associated with warehouse work. Inventory tracking is monitoring stock levels so you know which stock keeping units you have in your warehouse and the exact locations in which you store them, or if they are in transit from a manufacturer or end route to a store.

Companies must ensure that they follow warehouse operation best practices because the fatal injury rate in warehouse is higher than the national average for all industries. Because of this fact its important that companies must pay extra close attention to common warehouse pitfalls, including improper licensing/ training procedures, faulty infrastructure, poor record keeping, good safety rules must be implemented.

Effective inventory management is key for the running of any business, there are good reasons for keeping stocks such as appreciation in value- in some situations, some stock gains the required value when it is kept for some time to allow it reach the desired standard for consumption, or for production, for example, beer in the brewing industry. Document automation aid in the effective running of the supply chain management.