Warehouse picking is central to a distribution operation. Cutting the amount of time required to pick orders helps to keep costs down, and to therefore maximise income. In a previous post, we compared batch picking with wave picking. Today, we look at another type of order picking method – zone picking – to understand what […]
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Order picking is a crucial aspect of warehousing. To minimise costs and to provide good customer service, it’s important that it is done accurately and that the products are accumulated into shipments quickly and in good order. With manual picking operations, it’s important that distributors put in place good systems and practices that allow them
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For the smaller distribution business, managing the admin and operational aspects of the logistics is usually undertaken manually. But as you grow, how do you know when is the right time to invest in a Transport Management System (TMS)? Here’s six ways that you can tell when the time has come to implement a more
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Making Tax Digital with SAP Business One. Blog Post by Claire Kerr Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a government initiative that aims to modernise the UK’s tax system and do away with the annual tax return. Instead, when the regulations come into force, businesses will use digital tax accounts to handle their tax and VAT
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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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