More and more companies invest in automation solutions. Not that the prices in automation technology decrease significantly, the reason is rather that other costs increase that make the ROI more attractive. E-commerce and omni-channel increases logistics costs. More orders with fewer order lines at a low value are not a good combination for profitability, but […]
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I am surprised not more warehouses implements lean in their organizations. It has been proven many times how effective it is. If you not are familiar but want to know more about lean, I recommend you to read, ”Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation” James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones. […]
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In order to be able to conduct lean in a good way you should keep the value chain as simple as possible to be flexible, with another word agile. I have met colleagues in the industry who believe you should be restrictive to investing in new technology like automation solutions to avoid be locked in […]
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There are many ways to increase efficiency in warehouse and getting the most of your resources. What many companies forget is avoiding sub-optimization in the whole warehouse, instead they focus on each department individually. A good option is floating job positions. The management can for example make weekly schedules where employees have new workstations on […]
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It is very interesting to read about all the new technologies regarding warehouse logistics. I think there is great opportunities in many of them. However, before you start looking at any kind of investment in any of the new technologies, you should have the following three points in place in warehouse logistics. This is based […]
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I´m curious and like to be up to date in my business area. I read a lot about logistics, often trend analysis reports regarding warehouse logistics. Most of the subjects is the same in these reports, e-commerce omni-channel, automation, robotics, and so on. However, one subject got my attention more than the others. It is […]
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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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