This document presents information on the four ways that warehousing facilitates regrouping functions in a supply chain. The four regrouping functions are:
1. Accumulating (bulk making), which involves bringing together similar stocks from different sources.
2. Allocating (bulk breaking), which involves breaking larger quantities into smaller quantities for delivery to multiple destinations.
3. Assorting, which involves building up a variety of different products for specific customers.
4. Sorting out, which separates products into grades and qualities for different target markets.
Warehousing facilitates these regrouping functions by accumulating products from different sources, breaking bulk shipments into smaller deliveries, assorting products