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In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive markets, proper inventory management is paramount to streamlining warehouse operations. It is one of the many challenges faced by warehouse professionals,...
Theft is not a new problem for the warehouse. Its negative implications not only place you, your staff, and your expensive goods in danger, but they also expose security loopholes that endanger the...
Icame across a rather interesting fact about warehouse managers in a study by Intermec. It said that 1 out of 6 managers who oversee a warehouse are not likely to review their workflow processes...
Wave picking streamlines one of the most complicated warehouse activities, the order picking process. Because warehouse operations depend on countless variables such as labor resources, equipment,...
With the growth of the global supply chain, warehouses are constantly under pressure for better, faster, more efficient performance. As this pressure grows, the role of lean warehouse management becomes increasingly relevant. However, since lean is relatively new to the warehousing industry, many of us may not be acquainted with it yet. So, here's what it is and why your warehouse needs to be lean, too. What is Lean? The lean way of thinking was developed by Toyota for automotive...
The six fundamental warehouse processes comprise receiving, putaway, storage, picking, packing, and shipping. Optimizing these six processes will allow you to streamline your warehouse operation, reduce cost & errors, and achieve a higher perfect order rate. In this article, we will discuss each warehouse process in order to understand and effectively optimize your operations. After each process is explained, general recommendations to optimize each one will be discussed, and in-depth...
When optimizing the picking process in a warehouse, it is important to recognize two key concepts. First, no one strategy or technology fits every case. Second, effectively improving warehouse...
