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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

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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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 Safety: OSHA Guidelines, Statistics & 10 Top Tips

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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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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

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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[Infographic] 3 Simple Routines That Will Help Kickstart Your Day

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Get Your Exercise In Early. Consider the following: Regular exercise increases energy and serotonin levels the brain, which can increase mental clarity and focus for anywhere between four to ten hours. Endorphins are released into your bloodstream during periods of exercise, giving you more energy throughout the day.

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How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

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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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases.