Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

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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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

In this article, you’ll: Learn the top safety guidelines for warehouses. Get 15 tips for improving warehouse safety. 15 Warehouse Safety Tips. We’ll talk more about specific risks later in the article, but briefly, warehouse workers commonly face hazards associated with: Forklifts and other material handling equipment.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction. However, in this article, we’ll focus exclusively on the cost factor, drawing your attention to some questions you might ask yourself (and your team) about your facility’s energy usage.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But if you and your team are perplexed over performance measurement and management, the following tips might help you get KPI selection right. In answering that question, we’re not going to provide you with a list of possible supply chain KPIs to use in your business—at least, not in this article. What Makes a “Right” KPI?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. Still, without a doubt, picking is the operational regimen that will see the most significant impact. Slotting Improves Picking Accuracy and Speed.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2015

However, in most cases, the driver is not the only party to exercise a degree of control over on-road outcomes. Plans the pick-up and/or delivery of goods. If you’re like me (too young, that is), here’s a good article about it. This could include a person who: Consigns goods. Packs goods. Loads goods. Receives goods. CONCLUSION.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t altered that much, but as we received many comments, including requests for more information, I figured it might be a good idea to expand on the original piece. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. S is for Space.

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