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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

For example, slotting strategies often involve placing the fastest-moving SKUs close to the warehouse dispatch zones, minimising picking operatives’ travel distances and times. Therefore, any slotting strategy should focus on minimising such travel. The terms merely relate to the level of detail you assign to your slotting strategy.

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Finding Your Ecommerce Brand Niche

Ship Monk

If you don’t have anything unique to talk about, then perhaps you should reconsider your product strategy. Selling on Amazon may or may not be part of that strategy, but be sure you understand the differences between Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) , Fulfilled by Merchant (FBM) , and Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP) before committing to any of them.

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How manufacturers and distributors can mitigate disruption in the global supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America. On the West Coast of the US, there are five ports, of which there are two main ports capable of handling these ships – Long Beach and Los Angeles, which is where most deliveries are now headed.

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Enhancing Forklift Safety with Blue Lights: A Comprehensive Guide

Conger

However, if not handled correctly, they can present some potential risks in the workplace. Some safety concerns may include collisions, overturns, tip-overs, or falls from a forklift. Injury From Rollover or Forklift Tip-Over Forklifts are heavy machines not built for sudden sharp turns.

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11 Golden Rules for Meaningful Supply Chain KPIs

Logistics Bureau

Golden Rule #1: Meaningful KPIs Require a Meaningful Strategy. I’ve written many posts on this blog about the importance of having a supply chain strategy aligned with the overall business plan, and why it is a mistake to have misaligned strategies. I’ve also described some of the issues that can arise from such an error.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

If you plan to continue your omnichannel retail operation, though, and compete successfully with pure-play etailers, it’s something you will need to get a handle on. 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.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. For example, if speedy delivery is a part of your service strategy (which is often the case in today’s on-demand environment), you will either need to locate your warehouses close to customers, or close to the facilities of your preferred carriers. How will the products be stored?