Warehousing

Task Interleaving

Task Interleaving for Warehouse Efficiency

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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Warehouse Storage Non-Palletised Racking

Warehouse Storage: Non-Palletised Racking Methods

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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Warehouse KPIs space utilisation

Measuring Warehouse KPIs: Space Utilisation

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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Warehouse storage palletised racking

Warehouse Storage: Palletised Racking Methods

Most warehouse operations use palletised racking. Pallets are convenient, easy to move and universally used. With many goods arriving on pallets, it makes sense to continue to use them within the warehouse, using palletised racking storage rather than transferring goods onto other types of storage. Palletised storage accommodates the pallets directly, allowing them to be

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