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Driving Rigor into Your Inventory Control Practices Helps You Win the Race

Logistics Viewpoints

Is a replenishment strategy needed? The replenishment logic and smooth execution of inventory moves will keep pickers executing without waiting time. Slotting logic will keep required levels of stock in the picking locations, limiting the need to stop picking to replenish inventory needed to complete the orders.

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Logistics Simplified: Three Keys to Solving Your Supply Chain Problems

Material Handling and Logistics

Of course, the investment is intended to impact the bottom line, but when employees feel that their organization cares about them and wants to make their lives better, they want to reciprocate and are more invested in the organization’s success. The point here is the pick efficiency and speed mean nothing if replenishment can’t keep up.

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How Technology is Helping Companies Move Goods and Do Good

Logistics Viewpoints

Employee scarcity and high worker turnover are of critical impact to the efficiency and productivity of the nation’s warehouses, particularly when factoring in the costs of continually replacing and training new employees –which can equate to almost 25% of a worker’s average annual salary. But the impact goes well beyond resignations.

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Keeping Things Closer to Home

Blue Grace Logistics

Expanded bridge infrastructure for trucks and trains is in the works in Laredo, where nearly 4 million square feet of warehouse space is under construction, theWSJ reported. Nearshoring Incentives Tariffs on Chinese goods, the war in Ukraine, and of course, Covid all played roles in driving supply chains from global to regional.

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Data-Driven Transportation Management and Its Role in Driving Stronger Tech Stack ROI

FreightWaves SONAR

If an enterprise chose to replenish stock based on outdated projections and supply chain KPIs , carrying costs could go through the proverbial roof. Of course, that’s another challenge. Ensure proper training and education. Simultaneously, making decisions based on outdated data can be even more disastrous than doing nothing.

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Best Practices to Get More Throughput and Capacity Out of Your Distribution Centers

GlobalTranz

Before you break ground on a new building/annex, hire and train new workers, or invest millions into new software, consider some other proven ways to get more throughput and capacity in distribution centers. Cross-training existing staff on other warehouse functions can reduce the need to hire temps or additional labor.

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Logistics Simplified: Two Keys to Solving Your Supply Chain Problems

Material Handling and Logistics

Of course, the investment is intended to impact the bottom line, but when employees feel that their organization cares about them and wants to make their lives better, they want to reciprocate and are more invested in the organization’s success. The point here is the pick efficiency and speed mean nothing if replenishment can’t keep up.