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8 Ways to Make Your Fulfillment Center Run More Efficiently

EazyStock

When she isn’t writing blog articles, she enjoys spending time in downtown Charleston, South Carolina and all the amazing food her hometown has to offer. You can use metrics like size, storage, and velocity to help optimize slotting efficiency. This is a guest post contributed by Halle Summers. Smart SKU slotting is essential.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. I called the customer service line for the manufacturer and was told that the only thing I could do was call a maintenance specialist. Customer Service Failure. Internet and Cable Issues.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Unresolved labor issues in the Leathermen Terminal in Charleston South Carolina and contract negotiations for 22,000 dock workers in the ports of LA and Long Beach hang heavy. To make the point, let us start with a discussion on Consumer Products manufacturing. For example, a “buy plan” for procurement.

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Time for Value Chain 4.0?

Supply Chain Shaman

The effect was primarily on office productivity and entertainment, but not on manufacturing. ” As I turned down my bed, amused by the coverage of the primary election results of South Carolina and Nevada on CNN. .” Let me give you some examples. The period of 2004-2014 had a.4 was presented in 2013.