Locus Robotics

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Home October 03, 2024 Why Packaging Matters in Modern Warehousing Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouse efficiency depends on more than just fast picking and packing; it’s about making smart decisions at every stage of the process. One notable example involved a large U.S. apparel retailer.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

If you’re looking to design your own warehouse, you should start by considering these questions: Is your warehouse full of pallets sitting on the aisle instead of up in the racks? Is your warehouse operation inefficient? Does your warehouse storage and layout design desperately need optimisation?

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Unleashed

MARCH 25, 2024

Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. What is a consolidation warehouse? There are two types of consolidation warehouses: third-party and private.

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Locus Robotics

JUNE 6, 2023

By Alex Selwitz, Red Stag Fulfillment Unlocking a warehouse’s potential starts with impeccable organization. Fortunately, cutting-edge tools and invaluable data provide a lifeline, empowering warehouses to optimize their organizational prowess. Yet, with ever-shifting stock, maintaining this order can seem Herculean.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If you’ve ever had inventory sitting in the storeroom or warehouse unused, unsold, and taking up space – you’ve experienced dead stock. We’ll cover the definition then break down some effective dead stock analysis, dead stock liquidation, and dead stock accounting strategies. This guide explains all you need to know about dead stock.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

To master all these channels, you need a strategy that ties them together. We’ll also cover a few best practices for perfecting your omnichannel strategy. Multichannel vs omnichannel fulfilment Multichannel and omnichannel fulfilment both refer to a strategy whereby a company sells its goods through multiple channels.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides two specific application examples of Cloud platform based supply chain focused control layer technology applied to address supply chain business process challenges. The above are just two examples of such approaches, and in future Supply Chain Matters commentaries, we will highlight others.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

For this reason, supply chain solutions have become an integral part of business strategies to cope with these ever-increasing complexities. However, there is the difficult question of which technology to implement to make better use of your warehouse. What exactly is warehouse simulation? Examples of use. Physical space.

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RFgen

JULY 27, 2023

Warehouses must have a strategy for processing inventory during this time—aka, offline inventory control. The Meaning of Offline Inventory Control In today’s warehouse setting “offline inventory control” doesn’t refer to old-fashioned software that operates locally versus in the cloud.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

But does this really hold true for industrial real estate and in particular distribution centres (DCs) and warehouses? Therefore, selecting the ideal warehouse location becomes crucial for enhancing operational efficiency and managing costs effectively. I would like to argue… not quite!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Scott Fenwick, Senior Director Product Strategy for Supply Chain Planning at Manhattan Associates. For example, a supply planning solution may create a model that says a plant can produce 20,000 units of a product in a week. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In addition to standard warehousing operations, your third-party logistics (3PL) provider may be able to handle additional value-added services. With these services, your 3PL partner can perform – within the warehouse – many services that go beyond basic pick, pack and ship. The driver is early to a retailer appointment.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 27, 2024

Real-time visibility was lacking, be it in warehousing or transportation, due to which delivery delays were common. Besides, AI is helping retailers optimize inventory, warehouse and pricing. It can also suggest alternate routes and strategies to retailers to maintain uninterrupted and smooth operations.

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Logility

JULY 13, 2023

3PL Selection—don’t let your people be penny wise and pound foolish Are you looking at the big picture when you select a 3PL — do they fit with your supply chain strategy? For example, your optimum East Coast distribution point might be Charlotte, NC but anywhere from Atlanta, GA to Roanoke, VA is equivalent in terms of cost and service time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Blue Yonder recognized the need to transform into a Partner First organization as part of its core growth strategy. They implement the Blue Yonder warehouse management system (WMS) and SAP EWM. The transition is not easy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

But there is a technology gap between gleaming new automated facilities and tens of thousands of existing warehouses and distribution centers that pre-date the warehouse building boom of the past 5-10 years. These changes pose a direct challenge to their traditional operating priorities and technology strategies.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 5, 2023

Ensuring the safe material handling of these materials is not just a matter of policy or regulation; it’s the linchpin of efficient warehouse operations and by extension, effective Supply Chain Management. The Importance of Material Handling in Warehouses Material handling is one of the most important warehouse activities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Intersection of Warehouse Growth and Employee Scarcity. The combination of continually growing consumer and business demand, a supply chain permanently altered after adapting to Covid, and the Great Resignation has cumulatively impacted the nation’s warehousing landscape like never before.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2024

Managing a single warehouse can be a difficult task. When you expand to multiple warehouses or inventory locations, your challenges and risks begin to multiply. This article explores the ins and outs of multiple warehouse inventory management: the challenges, the advantages, and key best practices for doing it right.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You can achieve the benefits by simply rearranging products – within existing storage media – to reduce travel distance for pickers in your warehouse. Product slotting is a warehouse term that involves placing products in optimal locations within a warehouse to enhance operational efficiency. What is slotting?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For senior leaders, understanding and integrating the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—into supply chain strategies is essential. Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change.

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Unleashed

JULY 12, 2023

Before you develop an effective inventory management strategy you need to understand what inventory is, its various types, and how it works in a business. But too much inventory in the warehouse means higher storage costs, tied-up cash flow, and requires more resources to manage. What is inventory?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Rise of the Warehouse Robots! AMRs use intelligent navigation to navigate around obstacles in a warehouse. Many industries are seeking ways of improving their warehouse efficiency. AMRs are fast and safe, therefore ideal for the dynamic operations of a modern warehouse. Subscribe Here! Email Address. AMRs for Picking.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 8, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore some key inventory optimization strategies that can benefit businesses of all sizes and industries. Top 5 Inventory Optimization Strategies Explained Managing inventory efficiently is vital for any business.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Efficient warehousing is all about knowing what’s working, what’s failing, and what can be improved. When you measure and analyse the right warehouse KPIs, you can make better-informed business decisions based on real data. In this guide to warehouse KPIs: What are ‘warehouse KPIs’ and why should you use them?

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When evaluating the 3PL provider in charge of your pharmaceutical distribution warehouse, safety is the name of the game. Key pharmaceutical distribution warehouse questions to ask a 3PL. Most 3PLs will use their warehouse management systems (WMS) to segregate products within the pharmaceutical distribution warehouse.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 5, 2018

An omnichannel retail strategy is the new norm in today’s supply chains. Therefore, an omnichannel retail strategy must become the new standard business model for companies wanting to remain competitive. Use technology to manage warehousing and transportation. In fact, 78% of U.S.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 3, 2021

In my previous blog , we delved into the paradigm shift in warehouse and distribution center (DC) functions and uncovered key themes and insights from our live Q&A with Reuters Events, Prologis and Henkel held on June 29. Operational Visibility. Accelerating Transformation. Platform for Success.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many manufacturers struggle to optimize warehouse productivity and attract skilled employees. put annual warehouse turnover rates at 43 percent. An ERP system that incorporates a cutting-edge warehouse management system (WMS) can help you optimize processes, streamline workflows and decrease errors.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 23, 2023

Warehouse management is the vital link between receiving goods from suppliers and delivering orders to your customers. In warehouse management, warehouse logistics ensures these processes are optimised to cut costs and boost efficiency. In this warehouse logistics guide: What is warehouse logistics?

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supply Chain Strategies: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us So Far? While this strategy appears to be a viable solution, as there will be some shortening of supply chains moving forward, it is not realistic to expect that a vast global supply chain network will not continue to exist.

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ShipBob

APRIL 12, 2023

Between receiving inventory and getting orders delivered to your customers, what happens in your warehouse plays a crucial role in the efficiency of your operations. Good warehouse management should be a priority to ensure a seamless fulfillment process and swift deliveries. Let’s get started.

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Stord

JANUARY 30, 2019

With that in mind, we summarized seven warehousing stories and trends from last year and indicated here what they mean for the year ahead 1. This new strategy is the company’s latest step in a series of initiatives to optimize its network and improve service. FedEx pursued both strategies in 2018. FedEx’s news release 2.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

But what really gets the supply chain and warehouse managers in a sweat are extremely intense sales days or weeks such as the well-known Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Imagine a warehouse operating around the clock, 360 days a year. These parameters might be of a logistic nature, for example, the ABC classification of goods.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022 by Lindsay Schuemann , Marketing Manager at Enveyo Two years. Your carrier strategy is the area that needs focus in 2022. Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategy: Where To Start? Why Is A Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategy Better?

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