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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation. Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. When we Order Pick, we are essentially “manufacturing” what the client is going to pay us for.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

So thats the route were taking in this article (no pun intended), we’ll be exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. But first, what is route optimisation?

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. Ideally, though, evaluating your position against competitors should not solely be a KPI benchmarking exercise. Include Your New KPIs in Your Strategy Document.

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Forklift Safety Training: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace. So what separates the good documentation from the bad? Picking up a Load.

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Transporting Perishable Goods? Some Important Factors to Consider.

Blue Grace Logistics

The documents/formalities required in both the importing and exporting state/country. Once you have this information ready, you can pick the best possible combination of market, rate, and transport requirements. In case you need multimodal transportation to ship your cargo, carry out this exercise for all the transporters in the chain.

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Reality check

Automotive Logistics

Many early examples have focused on warehouse management and product picking, but, as the technology improves and the range of products on the market increases, there is some evidence that the use of this technology could go much further. . As Irma Gilbert, business development manager at Liverpool-based technology start-up Connect 4.0

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Top 10 Trucker Apps

3PL Insights

With long days on the road and very few areas that accommodate vehicles like trucks, it is hard not to eat fast food, and eat healthy or even exercise. Transflo gives truckers the unique ability to save images of delivery receipts, logs, or bills-of landing and even electronically send fleet documentation to a distributor or provider.