As I have written in previous articles, it is very important to know the WMS you use and which features you can use in your warehouse flow. One problem however, how do you know that a specific feature is useful in your warehouse and that there will be positive effects from using it? Most often, […]
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With omni-channel and e-commerce, warehouse production becomes more complex. Companies focus more on efficiency and costs in warehouse production to increase competitiveness Labor costs are one of the largest costs in warehouse production but at the same time it is a cost that we can influence by utilizing resources in an optimal way. It is […]
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Leadership seems to be an inexhaustible topic. It is written thousands of new books on the subject every year. Self-proclaimed experts in the field who wants you to believe they have found the key to successful leadership are constantly finding new angles on the subject in their quest to be unique and interesting to potential […]
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When will companies see the big picture of supply chain and begin to collaborate between purchasing, warehouse, suppliers and sales divisions? I talked recently with a logistics colleague in another company who told me that they were investing several hundred million SEK in automation. They needed to increase the efficiency and capacity both in and […]
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When you work with logistics and especially warehouse production, the conditions are completely controlled by the customers’ demands, it is important to understand and accept that. I regularly meet colleagues who is frustrated of their complex flow and order structures with no regard for efficiency. Often the warehouse management arguing with sales organizations and senior […]
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With almost twenty year’s experience of logistics in a managerial position, I have noticed two very important things that many companies overlook in warehouse logistics, the first one is leadership, and the second is the importance of choosing right WMS for your specific purpose, which I have written about in previous articles. In this article, […]
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Productivity and efficiency is the most popular subjects regarding warehouse logistics on LinkedIn. You don’t see many posts about quality, it is not at all as popular. However, it is extremely important with great quality for a company regardless if it is B2B or B2C. The customer’s quality experience from ordering to delivery is just […]
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I have written in previous articles about my point of view regarding warehousing. I want to call warehousing “warehouse production” because it is more and more important for companies to have a cost-effective supply chain. It is a margin enhancer and sometimes the only way for some companies to be competitive. And if you call […]
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If you don’t standardize a performance level It doesn’t matter how much you invest in WMS, Automation, forklifts or other kinds of products that should facilitate logistics flow and help the staff perform better. As a manager it is your responsibility to communicate to your staff what expectations you have regarding performance and quality. It […]
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The technological development is accelerating, it applies to all industries. New or upgraded technologies is coming to market at a faster pace. Regarding warehouses with manual picking, it is often for example better pick by voice solutions and faster tablets or smaller and more exact scanners. Investments in expensive robotic and automatic solutions is a […]
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