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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehouse Contracts: Part One

GlobalTranz

Currently, the real estate for all these warehouse is owned by our client, and the operations are completely outsourced to multiple 3PL players. Customer metrics. The SLA is a living document. Shorten the SLA/KPI to be only critical issues, as listed: Cost Reduction, Service, Quality, Safety and Customer Metrics.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Last-mile distribution demand is transforming urban real estate in various ways, including: ? To save both time and money, U.S.

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Asset Management Best Practices Using Low-Code: Part 2

TrackVia

Training and Documentation: Of course, with any maintenance schedule, you’ll want to train maintenance staff on proper procedures and protocols. Maintain accurate documentation of maintenance activities, repairs, and replacements. An energy company documents maintenance activities on power generators to comply with safety standards.

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The Great Gap Year of 2020

Bristlecone

Someone still has to produce cars; develop real estate and build homes; manufacture carpets, faucets and tile; process food items; produce movies; etc. Traditionally, documentation of lessons learned was sufficient. For consumers, these are simply new channels. It’s not easy to write the obituary of Old Commerce, nor should we.

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50 expert warehouse order picking tips, strategies, and best practices

6 River Systems

Picking also directly impacts the throughput metric, hence improving the productivity and speed of the picking process, which directly improves the throughput of the distribution center. So if you have the real estate, try and keep as much inventory as possible at ground level. Develop a documentation system you can trust.