The Five Types of Supermarkets

Super­mar­kets are stor­age loca­tions for planned inven­to­ry locat­ed near and man­aged by the pro­duc­er process, allow­ing the down­stream process to come get items as need­ed. Although the basic func­tion and oper­at­ing prin­ci­ples are the same for all types of super­mar­kets, there are dif­fer­ences. Learn the three vari­ables for design­ing a super­mar­ket, the five com­mon types of super­mar­kets, and their functions.