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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. It would, of course, be what the winning time was when this race was last run in your district. They had a little issue with their picking productivity in the warehouse. This helped us realise that their picking productivity should be three times better than it was.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

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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 warehouse benchmarking exercise is an excellent way to start the quest for improvement opportunities.

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Forklift Safety Training: The Ultimate Guide

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lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace. Picking up a Load. Online courses. In-person courses.

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How to Select the Right KPIs for Supply Chain Benchmarking

Logistics Bureau

An example of this might be the implementation of a warehouse productivity KPI that encourages the workforce to pick more orders per hour. Unfortunately, as picking speed increases, so too does the likelihood of picking errors, which would work against any service-oriented KPI such as perfect order, picking accuracy, or delivery in full.

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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

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Of course, the consequences, and their seriousness, will depend on the criticality of the product, but availability challenges are never desirable. For example, the products are available, but some items are lost or damaged during the shipping/delivery process, or the wrong quantity was picked in the supplier’s warehouse.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

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Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). It can go further than this, of course.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

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Of course not. This portion of training must consist of “demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee” [OSHA standard 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) ]. With lots of options and aggressive marketing for online certification courses, you've probably had this question cross your mind.

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