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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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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Measuring Warehouse KPIs: Pick Performance. Blog Post by Claire Kerr This is the fourth in a seven-part 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. speak to an advisor What does pick performance
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As commerce has increasingly shifted online, the traditional way of returning goods – taking them back to the store – isn’t always a consumer’s preferred method. So it’s important that distributors and retailers have clear reverse logistics procedures in place for returned goods. There are many reasons that customers return items. Perhaps they aren’t what
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This is the third in a series of posts 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 receipt performance measure? Receipt performance is an inbound measure in the warehouse that assesses the
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This is the second in a series of posts 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 receipt accuracy measure? Receipt accuracy is a measure of supplier performance and warehouse receiving performance.
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Sage offers a range of software solutions for businesses looking to collate multiple systems into a single, cross-functional solution. The range includes Sage 50 and Sage Business Cloud Accounting, which are tailored to small businesses, and Sage 500 and Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management (previously X3), which are aimed at large enterprises. There are optional
What is EDI? Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provides a common “language” for a company’s IT system to “talk” to another’s. It enables easier, faster and more accurate trading with suppliers, partners and customers by facilitating the exchange of business documents, such as purchase orders, sales orders, shipping notices, invoices and receipts. It can integrate with
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