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5 Benefits of Human-Robot Partnerships in Warehouses

Locus Robotics

By Rob Press, Content Marketing Manager, Deputy In the supply chain, warehouses play a crucial role in receiving products from the source, storing them safely, and delivering them quickly and efficiently. The warehousing industry accounts for 8% of 2.8 million nonfatal work-related injuries a year !

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Logistics Warehousing in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Kanban Logistics

And perhaps no element of the supply chain is more integral to the safety of pharmaceutical products than the warehouse. In this article, we’ll look at the ins and outs of pharmaceutical warehousing and tell you what you should look for in a third-party logistics (3PL) provider before entrusting your goods to its warehouse.

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Lean on a 3PL to avoid warehouse staffing challenges

Kanban Logistics

For many shippers and manufacturers, warehouse staffing has long been a major supply chain challenge. In this article, we’ll examine 4 labor-related benefits that come with entrusting your warehousing operations to a third-party logistics provider (3PL). How 3PLs can help with warehouse staffing.

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10 Ideas for More Efficient & Productive Warehouse Operations

GlobalTranz

It goes without saying that warehouses need to find ways to prioritize workplace safety for the health and productivity of the workforce. The following is our top 10 list of ways warehouses can drive more efficient and productive warehouse operations: Consider Automation. Boston Consulting Group research shows 1.2

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Productization and Scaling for Next Generation Automation

Logistics Viewpoints

I was able to attend for a day due to my proximity to the Boston conference center in which it was held. Also, when evaluating an automation project, Carl cautioned practitioners to look at factor beyond labor costs, such as quality measurements and process reengineering potential. A Panel of Experts on Productization and Scaling.

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7 Factors of Solid Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Opz

At strategic level, it''s used to find the best way to configure a supply chain network such as, - How many warehouse a company should have? Location and size of each warehouse? Product assignment to each warehouse? Location includes customers, suppliers, warehouse, manufacturing facilities, seaports, airports and so on.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

While Total Landing Cost (TLC) includes other types of costs like; transporting, storage, risk, delivery, and quality, and the more complicated analysis, the Total cost of ownership (TCO) , includes the TLC, in addition to the ongoing lifetime, operating, durability, end-life disposal cost, …etc. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.