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Consumer Packaged Goods: How CPG Shipping Works

GoShip Blog

Because CPG items aren’t particularly large, companies can typically pack them inside crates and in bulk. These types of goods are also meant to be consumed almost immediately, so CPGs are usually shipped in massive quantities to meet the consumer’s demands. This is especially true for specialty goods.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. High availability of accurate throughput data will be of great aid to the outcome of the design or layout exercise.

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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. A warehouse benchmarking exercise is an excellent way to start the quest for improvement opportunities. It’s always a good idea to review your picking and packing operations, for example.

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

Conger

Bonus Tip : The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits anyone under 18 years old from operating forklifts in non-agricultural environments. 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) ]. Certification by your employer.

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Importance of Prototying in Package Implementation- II

Infosys Supply Chain Management

No matter, how hard a package consultant tips one on the product feature, the local business needs will try to paint it in the way they want to see it. The Boot camp briefing on the workflow features was expected to set the foundation for the following process mapping exercise using the tool. However, it did not meet its purpose.

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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.