Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The modern warehouse offers much more than basic storage. While you can build and staff your own warehouse and perform these services yourself, more and more companies see the value in handing warehousing operations off to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. In this article, we’ll examine all that 3PL warehousing entails, while helping you find a 3PL partner that’s right for your business. Types of 3PL Warehousing. The Warehouse Management System.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

To say there is any one single way in which to manage a warehouse would be folly—much depends on the nature of the supply chain and of the warehouse itself. To help you keep on top of your warehouse management and ensure your storage facilities don’t generate undue supply chain costs, take note of the following eight common warehousing mistakes. This doesn’t mean you have to invest in an expensive and over-complicated warehouse management system though.

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Cerasis

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We continue our top articles from each of our main 5 categories today by covering the top 10 logistics articles that were the most viewed in 2015. Each of these five include several sub categories for more specific articles, such as the TMS category under Transportation Management. In our series, we first created the top manufacturing articles list, followed by the top supply chain articles list. Top Logistics Articles of 2015.

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Cerasis

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. The following 10 supply chain articles are listed in order from the 10th most read blog post to the top most read post. Read the full article here. .

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Cerasis

JULY 20, 2015

Importance of Metrics in Reverse Logistics Management. To monitor progress against its reverse logistics management plan, a company needs metrics that measure the financial impact of returns on the firm and on other members of the supply chain. Measures such as amount of product to be reclaimed and resold as is, or percentage of material recycled, are examples of such metrics. Energy used in handling returns : This metric is used in sustainability programs.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 3, 2014

Supply Chain Metrics are one of the most important best practices in supply chain management because " You can''t manage what you can''t measure ". However, under certain circumstances, metrics are not used or implemented properly. This article will explain to you 7 kind of supply chain metrics that you should pay special attention to. For example, when warehouse staffs pick the orders faster, cost per order can be reduced. It''s the inventory metric).

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Cerasis

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Since today is the last day of the year before we all get ramped up towards a productive 2016 and after finishing out top 10 most read articles in each of our five main categories ( Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation , & Freight ) we wanted to give you all a treat and list the top 50 most read articles of all time from the Cerasis blog. 50 Most Read Articles of All Time From the Cerasis Blog. Happy New Year!

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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. In this article, we’ll examine the many things you’ll need to look for in a food distribution warehouse provider to not only optimize your operations – but do so safely as well. The most common warehouse temperature ranges are: Ambient. Refers to the natural temperature of the warehouse.

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Lucas

JULY 11, 2018

Many articles about robots in the distribution center include predictions of large scale job losses. The reality is that robots and people will be working side-by-side in warehouses for years to come. Warehouse and DC jobs in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. For the purposes of this article, I define the processes of network design as the use of analytic tools to model and optimize the supply chain. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 30, 2020

8 Ways to Improve Your Warehouse Fulfillment Efficiency! Article and permission to publish here provided by Dave Joseph at veridian.info. Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide an invaluable way to judge the efficacy of operations, determine opportunities for improvement, improve customer experiences , and better manage supply chain functions, including warehouse management. Let’s cover the top 10 warehouse KPIs for supply chain leaders and warehouse managers to succeed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

To create flexible and balanced supply chain organisation, it is necessary to integrate strategy, processes, metrics, and technology enterprise wide and across customers, suppliers, and service providers. Develop methodologies to measure risk for each supply chain node, warehouse, factory, supplier, geography, or transportation node. Let me end this article with a lovely quote from a visionary leader!! Article July 2020Let me start with a quote from a great leader!!

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Cerasis

MAY 11, 2018

Thus, the demand for warehouse management systems (WMS) has increased, but how do companies distinguish the best-of-breed WMS solutions? You must always think about the cost of investment in a warehouse management system. Furthermore, track the return on investment (ROI) of the system with KPIs and metrics. A 2002 Material Handling and Logistics magazine article cited multiple problems with WMS implementation. Supply Chain Warehouse

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2014

Warehouse Management Systems Selection Overview. A good warehouse management system (WMS) can do a lot for your business, from improving efficiency to improving customer service. This article will enumerate some tips on finding the right warehouse management system. If you are able to track everything in the warehouse, from products to people, then you can perform analysis that helps you hire a better employee and stock items more efficiently. Useful Metrics.

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EFT

AUGUST 15, 2016

However, the digital warehouse allows employers to notice recurring patterns or highlight areas that need improvement. What may take months to find reviewing logs and ledgers can be exposed in minutes with real-time data warehousing. Future warehouses are expected to reach new levels of automation. The warehouse of the digital age is synonymous with automation. There are many benefits to going digital and revamping your warehouse operation.

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EFT

AUGUST 15, 2016

However, the digital warehouse allows employers to notice recurring patterns or highlight areas that need improvement. What may take months to find reviewing logs and ledgers can be exposed in minutes with real-time data warehousing. 1) Master Your Supply Chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

exact location of goods (on order, in transit, or in a warehouse)). Products we infrequently order are not stored in regular Amazon warehouses. With relying on his expertise, he advises on and provides executive training and consultancy in the fields of forecasting, demand and supply planning, S&OP, CPFR, key performance metrics, inventory optimisation, warehouse & logistics management, information systems, and B2B/B2C – project management. Article July 2020

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Veridian Solutions

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Automation in the warehouse is essential to meeting the growing demand of e-commerce and the blending of traditional supply chain channels into the omnichannel supply chain. Unfortunately, warehouse capacity around the country is tight, but available capacity is only being used at rates shy of 70 percent. How can warehouse capacity be both tight and utilized less than 100 percent? A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track.

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6 River Systems

JULY 22, 2020

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in the warehousing and storage industry grew from 1,133,900 to 1,194,400 from May 2020 to June 2020. In fact, warehousing accounted for the largest portion of jobs added in the transportation and warehousing sector in June, about 61,000 of 99,000 total jobs. We did this by tying metrics to their workload and included those metrics in our weekly all-hands meetings. Warehouse Management

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2015

Logistics, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales and Marketing — these functional groups, for the most part, continue to operate independently from each other, each driven by their own objectives and metrics. In the insurance company [example referenced earlier in the article], the product developers kept the back office and customer service people informed, but they didn’t actively engage them in a joint effort. Break down your supply chain functional silos.

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Cerasis

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Overused and misunderstood in blog posts and informative articles, “big data” describes the use of data to improve your operation, which includes shipping, warehousing, and supply chain processes. Using data in logistics to improve your processes does not necessarily require existing orders and information from KPIs and metrics. For example, holiday forecasts in shipping are often used to add more workers to loading docks, shipping centers, and warehouses.

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Accelogix

AUGUST 12, 2020

He explains his personal journey from supply chain AI/ML skeptic to optimistic believer and how these technologies will radically transform supply chain planning and warehouse automation in the future. For example, accurate data capture inside many warehouses can be a challenge even when you have top of the line IT systems because of inconsistent Wi-Fi, paper-driven processes, and manually triggered process steps.

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Cerasis

JUNE 8, 2017

In the below article I propose to have a look at the main benefits and advantages of the cloud-based logistics management. More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. The cloud-based supply chain software can be customized to suit your industry, your transportation , freight-forwarding and warehousing specialty, import-export regulations. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2017

Repurposing the Warehouse… Literally! If your entire supply chain is to support last-mile services effectively, you might need to consider (or reconsider) the true purpose of your warehouses, whether they belong to your company or are owned and operated by third-parties. If your current strategy involves the use of warehouses to store inventory at the lowest possible cost, there’s every chance that your network isn’t well-suited to efficient last-mile services.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 4, 2016

To paraphrase a saying, the road to supply chain hell is paved with good intentions and bad metrics. From this understanding, supply chain metrics will then ideally be: A few essential measurements that cover all the strategic aspects of the supply chain. On surveying its corporate customers, however, the company discovered that product standardisation and reliability were often more important to its business clientele, and adjusted its offering and its metrics appropriately.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. This trend gathered steam last year thanks to a warehouse vacancy rate of 4.3% million square feet of warehouse and distribution space was absorbed by the market (versus 49.9

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

My client writhed in her seat and hung her head as she asked, “I read your article on control towers, but I am confused. When they built the project, they did not realize that they did not have access to daily data daily for their third-party warehouses and contract manufacturing locations. The focus is on functional metrics, but are unable to get to overall supply chain metrics. We finished dinner. I pressed my neatly folded napkin to my lips.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to invest in French firm’s technology for self-driving forklifts (Reuters) Warehouses Test a New Breed of AI Robots (WSJ – sub. Robots in the Warehouse. Here are some excerpts from the article: XPO Logistics Inc. As I commented in my Supply Chain Quarterly article last October, leading solutions go beyond providing visibility to shipments and assets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 6, 2014

Reference my article on Throwback Thursday.). Consumer packaged goods companies are paid when the goods land in the retailer’s warehouse, not when they cross the register, and trade funds can distort the demand signal. The book, Metrics That Matter , is almost finished. People cannot get enough on metrics. It is about the right balance of the carrot and the stick. Progress happens when you measure.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 2, 2019

Keys to Success in Warehouse Management/Order Fulfillment! Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Adam Robinson at cerasis.com. Growing e-commerce fulfillment demands and costs have collided to bring about an uptick in average 3PL fulfillment prices within the outsourced fulfillment industry, as was evidenced by FulfillmentCompanies.net’s annual poll of 500+ warehouses across the US. ecommerce #logistics #fulfillment #warehouse.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

In this article, we will show you 10 best inventory book that readers at all levels can learn from. Citation count is a metric we use to separate great inventory book from their peers - Lastly, we carefully review each inventory book and make a final cut Results Drum roll please! What inventory book can help you to cut inventory costs? Inventory Management Overview Many people think inventory management is a clerical task but they're absolutely wrong.

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LeanCor

AUGUST 26, 2013

Most companies typically use metrics such as cost, quality, and delivery to track progress and assess improvements. If PDCA is in place, problems will be solved before they escalate or show up in output metrics. Related articles. Warehousing Logistics. Why is PDCA Important in Lean Logistics?

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

by John Westerveld When scrolling through my news feed Friday, I found this article from SCN : “ Collaboration Key in Creating Competitive Advantages Through Supply Chains “ The article describes research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute. As the article points out, great companies start and end improvement projects with the customer.

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Abivin

MAY 9, 2019

This article will present five software that every transporter and 3PL company should employ to stay competitive, cost-effective and ensure on-time delivery. Warehouse Management System (WMS) Warehouse Management System enables 3PL companies to take control of their diversified range of product and stock items, as well as monitor the operations of goods and materials moving in and out of the depot.

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