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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

Distribution is no longer a backwater of the economy, due in large part to the upheavals brought on by ecommerce. But there is a technology gap between gleaming new automated facilities and tens of thousands of existing warehouses and distribution centers that pre-date the warehouse building boom of the past 5-10 years.

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Travel Time is the Key to Lowering Labor Costs in Your Distribution Center

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For example, many Tier One WMS systems offer a voice picking add-on to make your pickers hands- and eyes-free, which means they’ll spend less time wielding a scanner or looking at a screen. There’s a huge opportunity for travel time savings in most companies’ distribution operations. btrebilcock@peerlessmedia.com.

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5 Myths of Making Robots Work with People

Logistics Viewpoints

In most cases, a WMS follows basic logic and location sequence pick paths in allocating work. But it is not looking at batch and path optimization without robots. This flexibility and dynamic decision-making are the critical factors that set true orchestration and optimization apart.