SCMDOJO

JUNE 25, 2024

Micro-Level Data: The Key to Unlocking Efficiency At the heart of maximizing vehicle utilization lies the analysis of micro-level data. Space utilization, or vehicle fill, is a critical metric that can be measured in various ways: Pallet numbers and height: While common, this method can be misleading depending on cargo density.

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ShipBob

APRIL 8, 2022

And proper SKU management requires accurate SKU analysis. In this post, we give you a closer look at what SKU analysis is, why you should analyze your SKUs, and how you can use SKU analysis to improve inventory management. What is SKU analysis? Why you should consider analyzing your SKUs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I was promoted to run the warehouse, and at the time, I had no experience in distribution, but was asked to run the largest distribution center in the system. A warehouse is the tip of the spear for dysfunction. As a result, the warehouse, supporting the factory, was always full. I also ran three outside warehouses.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Have you conducted a cost-to-serve (CTS) analysis for your enterprise? And that is the sole purpose of cost-to-serve analysis. If you were going to say, “What is a cost-to-serve analysis?” Only a complete cost-to-serve analysis will expose these underlying issues unless they happen to be discovered incidentally.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

An analysis of improvement, performance, and value of over 500 public companies in 28 industries over a decade. (I In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 31, 2022

With warehouse management systems in the supply chain, businesses go from struggling with consumer demands and hidden bottlenecks to flourishing in sales and expanding with new business strategies. What is a warehouse management system? Advantages of warehousing in supply chain management. Reduce Supply Chain Costs. Save money.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

To stay on top of your financials, there are a few key cash flow metrics and KPIs you can track that will help you make the right decisions and avoid insolvency or liquidation. Learn more: Inventory Accounting: A Video Guide for Accountants & Advisors What are cash flow metrics? Why is it important to track cash flow metrics?

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Warehouse logistics is the heart of any supply chain operation, assimilating and dispatching goods to ensure availability and timely delivery. One of the best ways to reduce shipping costs and ensure fast delivery is by optimizing warehouse logistics. What is warehouse logistics? Where are they located? What is the order volume?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Warehouse automation stats show that automation is making a big impact on warehouses and distribution centers. As technology awareness grows, more warehouses and DCs turn to automation to adapt to the changing landscape. The number of private warehouses is growing. Warehouses are increasing in size, as well.

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QAD

JULY 1, 2021

Your total manufacturing costs are essentially an expense analysis that calculates how each of your company’s departments contributed to producing a finalized product. There are many benefits for manufacturing companies that use ERP systems, including: Better supply chain, warehouse, transportation and inventory management.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Once you hit your monthly warehouse goals, there can be a pull toward maintaining rather than gaining on your goals. The four key methods here will help you drive more success as you bring the metrics to life on your warehouse floor: 1. A sense of complacency can lurk behind benchmarks. Don’t measure to justify.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

With increased emphasis on sustainability, I am often asked about sustainability “levers” that can be pulled in warehousing and fulfillment. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Finding the right food-grade warehouse provider for storage and distribution is an important task that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Within a food-grade warehouse, “ambient” storage means that products can be stored at the natural temperature of the warehouse. The most common warehouse temperature ranges are: Air conditioned.

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Silvon Software

JUNE 1, 2023

Ideally, your S&OP KPIs should consist of a mix of strategic, tactical, and operational metrics. At times, finding the right metrics can feel incredibly challenging, and there might be a tendency to measure things for the sake of measurement. This includes procurement, production, transportation, warehousing, and distribution.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 31, 2022

Inventory Management KPIs for Effective Inventory Analysis. But with a wealth of inventory KPIs available to choose from to include in your inventory analysis methods, which ones are the most important to ensure you’re on the right track to optimum efficiency? Managing inventory is a complex business. Inventory turnover ratio.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While every part of the supply chain is important, let’s take a moment to consider the tough challenges facing warehouses today. Warehouses sit at the heart of the supply chain, fulfilling customer promises and playing a critical role in driving satisfaction and repeat sales. Warehouses also represent a huge, and growing, cost center.

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Veridian Solutions

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This creates a major problem for managing e-commerce fulfillment when orders spike and shippers need to understand how data analysis may help. Data Analysis Enhances E-Commerce Forecasts and More Take a moment to consider what goes into managing e-commerce fulfillment. A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track.

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Ware2Go

MARCH 25, 2022

For merchants that are shipping orders from a single location (such as an office or local warehouse), air shipping methods might be the fastest way to reach customers on the other side of the country. ‍ Ware2Go provides on-demand warehousing and fulfillment that guarantees 1-2-day UPS ground delivery speeds across the entire U.S.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2024

From the warehouse manager to the transportation coordinator, each role in the logistics department contributes to the smooth flow of deliveries. Warehousing and Storage: The logistics department oversees the management of warehouses and storage facilities. But who are the key players behind the scenes?

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Fast fulfillment starts with proper warehouse management , which determines how efficiently you receive, track, and store inventory in a way that gets customers orders out the door faster. But how do you know if a warehouse is performing well? In this article, learn how to track warehouse performance by monitoring the right KPIs.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2021

That means identifying areas of waste, overlap and large volumes and enabling continuous improvement through the use of transportation metrics to track performance. Managed transportation is about streamlining and centralizing the whole process of both inbound and outbound logistics, ranging from warehousing through delivery.

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Logility

MAY 5, 2020

We’d never had a global view of our organization,” explained John Smith, Data Warehousing Manager. “We Our biggest headaches were very basic – we couldn’t easily switch between metric and imperial measures, and currency conversions were a nightmare. The company spans the globe with 12 manufacturing sites on four continents.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Optimizing your warehouse means examining every corner of your infrastructure and every facet of your workflows and processes to identify and correct inefficiencies. Not only does warehouse optimization result in a healthier bottom line, but it also improves key warehouse metrics like accurate orders and on-time delivery.

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Veridian Solutions

MARCH 12, 2020

The top warehouse key performance indicators impact the efficiency of both inbound and outbound warehouse operations. In part one of this blog series of the top warehouse KPIs to know, we addressed 11 warehouse key performance indicators in the categories of internal operations and staffing.

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ThroughPut

MAY 26, 2020

What is Warehouse Management Software? A Warehouse Management Software (WMS) is one that helps plan, control, and manage the day-to-day manufacturing operations in a warehouse along with the guidance of inventory movement, optimizing order picking, and shipping of customer orders. Greater warehouse productivity.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

Tom, the colorful warehouse manager, constantly heckled Frank for the increasing inventory levels while Ed, the quiet material/logistics manager, constantly questioned if there was a better way. Despite goals to improve agility and resiliency, functional metrics for manufacturing efficiency continually throw the supply chain out of balance.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 4.9/5 Our Rating: 4.9/5

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

can be measured to define this metric. Manufacturing Cycle Time : This metric is most accurately obtained using real-time monitoring with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Warehousing KPIs. They are used to measure how effectively the warehouse processes of receiving, replenishment, fulfilment and shipping perform.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 30, 2023

Its cross-functionality enables it to serve as the central link between plants, warehouse, distribution and customers. With MCT, DELMIA enables root cause analysis by detecting and triggering corrective actions, empowering manufacturers to effectively mitigate the impact of disruptive events.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ? Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . transportation metrics ?that continued growth and success.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 30, 2020

Makers of all types of products turn to third-party logistics (3PL) providers to optimize warehousing and distribution operations in order to meet modern supply chain demands. A warehouse that has temperature-controlled space utilizes cooling (and/or heating) units to keep the temperature within a set range. Air conditioned.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 9, 2022

BI and analytics have gone mainstream, as evidenced by Snowflake’s (a data warehousing company) transformation from a startup into a $63 billion company in just ten years. The BI tool needs to be able to easily pull all this data together for analysis. But Snowflake is designed with large enterprises in mind.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2023

We also offer other additional courses taught by qualified experts that focus on trending and current topics such as how to handle a business case and modern warehousing. The course covers Activity Based Costing, Working Capital, the Cash-to-Cash cycle, and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. Rating: This course is rated 5 out of 5.

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ThroughPut

MAY 26, 2020

What is Warehouse Management Software? A Warehouse Management Software (WMS) is one that helps plan, control, and manage the day-to-day manufacturing operations in a warehouse along with the guidance of inventory movement, optimizing order picking, and shipping of customer orders. Greater warehouse productivity.

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AB&R

MARCH 4, 2022

Warehouse receiving impacts all aspects of operations, from inventory management to logistics. In addition, with labor costs accounting for 50 to 70 percent of average warehouse budgets, wasted footsteps and employee errors cost money and reduce productivity. These restrictions can harm worker morale and productivity.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2024

From the warehouse manager to the transportation coordinator, each role in the logistics department contributes to the smooth flow of deliveries. Warehousing and Storage: The logistics department oversees the management of warehouses and storage facilities.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Warehousing expenses are often variable and depend on the amount of inventory stored. Consequently, it is imperative to maintain a well-organized warehouse that either introduces new items at the back or strategically positions older items at the forefront. These are shown in our inventory control template excel later in the blog.

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