The UK exports and imports more than £983bn worth of goods every year*. Declarations for the millions of shipments involved in this trade are set to be transformed soon with the introduction of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). When it comes into force – during early 2019 – it’s likely to bring with it a […]
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Ever the disruptor to established marketplaces, Amazon is changing the business landscape once again with the introduction of its revolutionary retail model, Amazon Go. What is Amazon Go? Amazon Go is a retail concept whereby shoppers electronically identify themselves on entering a store, then shop for the goods they want, and leave without checking those
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What is slotting? Slotting is the method of identifying what product lines are ideally placed where within the warehouse. Essentially, it’s all about ensuring that fast-moving products are located in the most accessible areas, and that slow-moving ones are placed more out of the way. Having the highly accessed items in the best locations speeds
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Task interleaving is an advanced productivity strategy that can be employed in a warehouse – via a warehouse management system (WMS) – to improve operational efficiency. What is task interleaving? Task interleaving is the process of combining different tasks – interleaving them – on a single trip within the warehouse. So perhaps a warehouse worker
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This post focuses on stock turn. This is the seventh and final article in a series looking at measuring KPIs for warehouse operations. We recently outlined the 7 KPIs to track for warehouse improvement. This series takes each KPI and examines it in more detail. What does stock turn measure? Stock turn – or stock
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Last week, on 10th and 11th September, we were joined by 65 clients, influencers and prospects at the impressive Zebra Technologies Experience Centre in Bourne End for our annual warehouse management software (WMS) user event, the HighJump UK Elevate Roadshow 2018. Unlike in previous years, this time around the event was predominantly led by our
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Although many warehouse operations make use of pallets for their storage and handling, there are some products which are simply not appropriate for palletisation. Due to their size or required handling procedure, non-palletised storage systems are needed. Here’s an explanation of the types of non-palletised storage systems. Small Item Storage Systems One of the most
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This is the sixth in our blog posts series that looks at measuring KPIs for warehouse operations. Having recently outlined the 7 KPIs to track for warehouse improvement, this series takes each KPI and examines it more thoroughly. What does space utilisation measure? Space utilisation is an inventory measure. It shows the percentage of bins
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Continuing our series of posts on logistics digital disruption, we turn attention now to disruption in the grocery market and how the buying experience is changing for consumers. This comes thanks to solutions such as AmazonFresh and the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP). Whilst the Smart Platform seeks to revolutionise the grocery industry through the use
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