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Lessons from “The Goal” for Optimizing Warehouse Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

As part of my personal and professional development, I’ve been participating in our book club at Lucas Systems over the past several months. We’ve read and discussed some fantastic and thought provoking books. the book, constraints are stations such as machining and heat treatment.

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What is Reverse Logistics and How Is It Different than Traditional Logistics?

GlobalTranz

More customers are simply likely to return items when purchased through e-commerce, and that rate is at least double that of brick-and-mortar purchases. In some industries, such as book publishing, catalog retailing, and greeting cards, over 20% of all products sold are eventually returned to the vendor.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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20 warehouse professionals and business leaders reveal the single most important first step when designing a warehouse layout

6 River Systems

There are many factors to consider when designing a warehouse layout, and every design decision can have a significant impact on operational efficiency. Curtis Barry & Company , labor comprises more than half of a warehouse’s total operations costs. According to F.

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

Alloy

The purchase of Market6 was an effort by 84.51° to fill this gap, and in some ways it did. Brands can now log into the analytics platforms to access live store and DC-level data that they can use to manually extrapolate insights. The ‘Warehouse Inventory’ report shows daily inventory on hand by case and case GTIN.

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

In order to streamline the delivery, Coca-Cola implemented a vehicle routing software. The reason is that is the software vendor has a very good relationship with Coca-Cola''s legacy ERP software vendor. Another 80% of orders are handled by both warehouse and cross dock system.

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6 Key Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2017

Logistics Bureau

Key Logistics Trend #1: Warehouse Robotics in the Supply Chain. Automation is already well-established in many distribution centres around the world, but for most, it is limited to workflow automation managed by increasingly advanced warehouse management systems.