warehousing

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Warehousing is the storing of goods until they are wanted. Warehousing costs, a warehousing contract, warehousing and distribution.

It is a real cost rather than a pause, since space, heat and handling all have to be paid for, which is what just-in-time delivery exists to avoid. The figurative use is grim and means holding people somewhere without helping them.

Definitions of warehousing

1nounwarehousingThe storing of goods until they are wanted.B2+
“The company rents space near the port for warehousing and delivery.”

warehousing is a storing.

Where it comes from

From warehouse + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Shipping & Logistics

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warehousing in the wild

The ETL process is often used in data warehousing.
Extract, transform, load
ETL and its variant ELT (extract, load, transform), are increasingly used in cloud-based data warehousing.
Extract, transform, load
Microsoft has included a number of services in SQL Server related to business intelligence and data warehousing.
Microsoft Analysis Services
Ralph Kimball is an author on the subject of data warehousing and business intelligence.
Ralph Kimball
CaseStack was an American company that provided supply chain management (SCM) services, including warehousing, transportation, and supply chain management software (SCMS) to consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs).
CaseStack

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