Warehousing Distribution Planning
Four Critical Areas to Evaluate in a Warehouse Assessment
There are four key areas that should be evaluated during a warehouse assessment. They make up the most critical aspects of any fulfillment operation. They are:
Labor
Facilities
Workflow and procedures
Systems
Labor is incontestably the most expensive area on your profit and loss statement relating to fulfillment, so it’s important to get the most for your payroll dollar. Labor, [...]
Warehouse Management System Offered as a SaaS Solution
If you are out searching for a warehouse management system there are lots of options depending on the complexity of your business and your budget. One option to consider is an on demand solution or software as a service (SaaS).
We recently had the opportunity to have a presentation by Deposco of their ShipForce warehouse management [...]
Five Basic Components of a Warehouse Assessment
Speed, accuracy, reduced labor costs, storage density…Sound familiar. These are issues most warehouses face today. What is interesting is that this was compiled from warehouses listing their key issues facing them from 10 years ago. Some things never change.
Although the industry has evolved over the years and employs many levels of automation and technology, a [...]
Planning A Warehouse Move – Issues And Questions To Resolve
We recently have been working with a few warehouse clients that are involved in moving to a new warehouse facility. Along the way, it became apparent that the planning for the move required a lot more time and effort than originally thought. What seems like a simple concept can become a daunting task in a [...]
Warehouse First Impressions Tell A Lot During Assessments
When we are asked to perform a warehouse operations assessment for a client, the first thing I like to do is take a quick walk around the warehouse. It may surprise you, but it is usually possible to determine what we will see during the detailed assessment in the first minute or two of the [...]
Diverse Targets For Warehouse Cost Reduction
I recently took a step back and tried to determine what type of company would use our warehouse consulting services. We try to help businesses with their warehousing needs by providing a variety of consulting services. Our goal is to help businesses cope with these challenging economic times by making recommendations for controlling their operating [...]
Healthcare Projects on the Rise
Over the past few months, we have noticed a new trend occurring in the type of clients contacting us about our warehousing and fulfillment consulting services. We typically consult to Business to Consumer (catalog, Retail, E-Commerce), or Business to Business companies. More recently, in addition to completing a fulfillment assignment for one of the largest [...]
Post Holiday Warehouse Assessment
It may seem like an odd time to review your warehouse operation just after coming out of the Holiday crush, but it is the perfect time to dissect what worked and what didn’t during the peak season. A systematic review of the warehousing and fulfillment functions can yield big savings for the upcoming year, as [...]
Changing Your Warehouse’s Culture
On one of our recent warehouse projects, something struck me that I knew existed but always seemed to lurk in the background. This particular project brought it to the forefront. It is a simple observation but one that can cause havoc in an organization. What I observed was the staking out of territory to the [...]
Establishing and Running a Hot Pick Zone in Your Warehouse
The idea that all items are created equal just does not fly when you are slotting SKUs in the warehouse. An often overlooked attribute of SKUs is their sales velocity. This simply refers to the number of physical shipping units of each SKU that are sold and shipped daily, weekly, monthly or annually.
It is very [...]
