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    30 Nov, 2017
    Benefits of a labor management system in warehouse production
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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

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    29 Nov, 2017
    Are you striving for a good leadership? Avoid all the trendy “quick fixes”
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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

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    28 Nov, 2017
    The complexity of warehouse production requires collaboration throughout the supply chain
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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

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    27 Nov, 2017
    Customers’ demands, a challenge for warehouse production
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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

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    25 Nov, 2017
    Make sure you invest in the right kind of warehouse leadership
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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

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    24 Nov, 2017
    Interested in warehouse cost reduction? Take control of the quality.
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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

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    23 Nov, 2017
    Real time monitoring and visualization, important success factors for the modern warehouse production
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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

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    23 Nov, 2017
    How do you know you have the right performance level in your warehouse?
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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

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    22 Nov, 2017
    Possibilities with internet of things (IoT) in warehouse logistics
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    More and more products are getting “smart” and uses IoT (Internet of things). There are many definitions of IoT but I like the McKinsey Global Institute definition: IoT devices are those that “can monitor their environment, report their status, receive

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    21 Nov, 2017
    Importance of communication and follow-up in warehouse production
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    In my article “Importance of standardization in warehouse production” (see link below) I discuss the importance of standardization. Something that is equally important is communication and follow-up on the standardization. I like to network and meet colleagues in the logistics

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