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4 Ways to Enhance Warehouse Efficiency with Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

While predictive analytics seeks to answer questions such as “what might happen in the future,” prescriptive analytics goes beyond by recommending the best course of action going forward. Traditional slotting solutions require customized models, extensive engineering, measurement, and data collection.

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Driving Rigor into Your Inventory Control Practices Helps You Win the Race

Logistics Viewpoints

Is a replenishment strategy needed? The replenishment logic and smooth execution of inventory moves will keep pickers executing without waiting time. Slotting logic will keep required levels of stock in the picking locations, limiting the need to stop picking to replenish inventory needed to complete the orders.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

Of course, there is no quick and easy way to curb increases in the cost of energy and labour, but now is an excellent time to start thinking about practical ways to reduce energy usage and increase labour productivity and efficiency. A staff training program centred on energy-consciousness can help minimise costs.

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6 Ways Big Data is enhancing the global supply chain

The Logistics Academy

As global supply chains become more complex and customers more demanding, the race is on to develop software applications that can effectively manage and make sense of the zettabytes of data being generated by our digital world. Of course, capturing the data and then using it to make good decisions are two entirely different things.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

The main lack of talent is in middle management, especially in big data analytics and supply chain planning, where the shortage is around 54%. If university study is a little beyond you right now, one of the certification courses might work better for you. Data Managers. This is expected to widen to 9 to 1 in the years ahead.

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Best Practices to Get More Throughput and Capacity Out of Your Distribution Centers

GlobalTranz

Before you break ground on a new building/annex, hire and train new workers, or invest millions into new software, consider some other proven ways to get more throughput and capacity in distribution centers. Furthermore, use data from your existing WMS to compare the opportunities and risks from making such changes.

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Dematic AGVs optimise new DC

Logistics Business Magazine

Built to manage all national storage, dispatch and replenishment operations, the dedicated Mars Wrigley facility is highly automated to optimise warehouse operations in a resilient and robust way, so as to accommodate for current and forecast future demand growth. Safety and Training. Streamlining DC Operations.