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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

Here are the challenges retailers may face in their supply chain operations in 2022 and some tips for overcoming them. As we have seen in 2021, businesses automated and integrated supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing , dynamic safety-stock management , inventory optimization , and external collaboration.

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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. Updating Inventory and Tracking Order Status: Inventory levels updated, order status tracked. Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation.

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Outsourcing transport and warehousing: How to be Successful

Logistics Bureau

Merely dealing with the complexity of transport networks, contractors, inventories, industrial unions, and cost control is tough enough for many enterprises, so achieving 98% on-time performance is, for some, just a dream.On It must be a joint exercise. This is a mistake. As a rule of thumb, no more than six KPIs should be used.

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3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. If, for example, you are concerned about the pick rates in your warehouse, or your transport costs, or your inventory accuracy, benchmarking can help you because it can show you exactly where your performance is compared to others in your industry. Informal Benchmarking.

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Warehouse Capacity – How to Increase It and Avoid Moving

Logistics Bureau

So let me give you a few tips this week which will hopefully help you avoid moving or building a new warehouse. Make the most of your current warehouse using the tips in the video below. Optimizing Inventory Management So what are some of the causes for warehouses getting clogged up like this? They’re running out of space.

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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

A detailed exploration of slotting methodology will come later in this article, but it’s worth mentioning now that slotting should focus on inventory ergonomics (for want of a better expression). It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Supply Chain Planning: 4 Essential Year End Questions to Ask Yourself

GlobalTranz

Examining what went right and identifying areas for growth and opportunity are powerful exercises that both prevent the recurrence of negative behaviors and reinforce our commitment to priorities. Rather concerns over truck capacity constraints earlier this year pushed manufacturers and retailers to build up higher than normal inventories.