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Warehouse Design – Rules of Thumb… And a Checklist

Logistics Bureau

Therefore, we thought we’d put them here in an article, so anyone can refer to them when necessary. Waste disposal solutions. Distribution network analysis, design, and redesign. It’s not uncommon for delegates at our workshops and seminars to ask us to can share our ‘rules of thumb’ on warehouse design.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

It’s no longer acceptable to treat returns as an aside unless you are prepared to fill a warehouse with goods with no clear path to resale or disposal—and suffer the ensuing cost impact. Naturally, there is much more to return inventory management than we have space for in this article.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Top 5 Supply Chain Risks to Watch Out For

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In order to ensure that your organization can take safeguards, we will discuss the key supply chain risks in this article as well as how to measure supply chain performance. In addition, through an intelligent analysis of shared private information and documents, your company is able to mitigate risks and improve qualification routines.

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3 Common Inventory Management ‘Sins’—And How to Avoid Them

Logistics Bureau

ARTICLE SUMMARY. An inventory policy is a document detailing the objectives, principles, rules, systems, and processes for cataloguing, classifying, forecasting, planning, stocking, replenishing, purchasing, warehousing, returning, allocating, disposing of, accounting for, monitoring, and reporting inventory.

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The Role of Logistics Management in Optimizing Supply Chain Operations

Locus

This article will provide easy insight into the world of logistics management—from the key components and challenges to tips on optimizing it for your business. Logistics management utilizes advanced technology and data analysis to optimize logistics processes and enable informed decision-making. What is logistics management?

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Types of inventory in warehouses

Globalior

Maximum stocks: The upper limit quantity of materials to be kept in stock beyond which both operating costs and disposal times would increase considerably. These are the most common types of inventory, however, you can also further classify stocks in other ways such as based on economic value ( ABC analysis ).

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Industry View: Tips for Accurate Order Picking

Logistics Business Magazine

The same applies to the type error, ie, the provision of an incorrect article as a replacement, or in addition to, an existing correct article. The advice here is either minimise the storage space through refining the logistics supply and disposal strategies or invest in an efficient storage. Long journeys between picks.

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