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Warehouse Sorting Incorporates RFID Scanning

Logistics Business Magazine

OPEX® Corporation, a global leader in next generation automation for almost 50 years, is expanding the capabilities of its leading-edge ‘Sure Sort® Warehouse Automation’ technology to incorporate radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning to meet client needs and increase operational speed and efficiency. About OPEX.

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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

A properly designed order picking document can also increase the accuracy of the Order Picking operation. Warehouse Order Picking Tools To make the order picking process more efficient, accurate and productive you can use: Barcode Scanners and Printers: For tracking and verifying items during picking.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

These days we’ve got much better tools for the job, but the goal’s still the same: getting your deliveries to the right place, at the right time, without driving your costs through the roof or running your drivers into the ground. It’s hard to imagine that many still need to shuffle paper documents around using pigeonholes.

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5S Methodology in Work Environment

MTS Logistics

The five S’s are translated into English as “Sort”, “Set In order”, “Shine”, “Standardize” and “Sustain”. It is the regular removal of materials, equipment and tools that are not needed in the work area. Performing the sorting step is very important for the other steps to be effective.

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FedEx Works to Monetize their Big Data

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, an intervention might consist of a team scooping up the packages at risk at a sort center and putting them in a van that will leave immediately. with the help of predictive analytic tools. The right injection point is not necessarily the FedEx sort center closest to the customer. FedEx ships to 220 nations.

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4 Benefits Shippers Realize when Transportation EDI is Utilized in a TMS

GlobalTranz

Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. Finally, there is also resources needed in your transportation department, since there no longer has to be an employee present to handle these sorts of tasks.

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Creating a Successful Small Business Shipping Strategy

GoShip Blog

It’s impossible these days to run a business without using any sort of technology. There are plenty of solutions for shipping software, or small business customer management systems, which let you integrate other services and tools you are using for shipping. You should definitely have your own personally unique shipping strategy.