Packaging and Warehouse optimization
Keeping the cost of goods down to stay competitive, relies heavily on your ability to keep down your own costs. Finding ways to cut the “fat” can help you to pass on the savings to your clients/customers. Some areas are impossible to trim away costs from but some areas you can trim away costs from.
Supply chain risk management requires processes that are easy to implement and that can easily be enforced. Modern enterprises are face more and more with finding ways to actively protect the supplied goods while keeping costs down. Most enterprises spend the majority of their investment shares on supplied goods so having reliable measures in place […]
There is much more to a pallet than just being a workhorse. Pallets are not given a lot of consideration they are often looked upon as just a necessity and their full potential is not quite realized. Most warehouses take their pallets for granted but do not consider exactly how much palletizing can really help […]
Before you can choosing the perfect packaging you have to ensure that you are not dealing with what is considered a hazardous material. There are some materials that seem relatively innocuous but they are still classified as hazardous and require special handling procedures, including appropriate packaging.
If you are wondering about stretch wrapping films and how they function and whether they are right for your packing and shipping needs, this article will give you all the information you need. Stretch films is commonly used by a wide range of industries. A stretch film machine is used to quickly stretch wrap a […]
Lean is a buzz word when it comes to the auto supply chain. The automotive supply chain is one of the most complex supply chains out there. Taking some cues from the automotive industry supply chain on how to make the supply chain a lean mean fighting machine can help any industry reduce costs and […]
There are a few common mistakes that people make about protective packaging that you can avoid. The mistakes that are made can be costly. There is a whole science behind packaging that many people do not know exist. Packaging engineers are the experts when it comes to packaging and there are the first to admit […]
Have you been hearing the buzz about SKU rationalization and wondered what is that and why is everyone out there talking about it? The “skew” or SKU is an acronym for Stock Keeping Unit. It is a unique code that is found on the product bar coding label that identifies a product. The SKU code […]
Before you can choosing the perfect packaging you have to ensure that you are not dealing with what is considered a hazardous material. There are some materials that seem relatively innocuous but they are still classified as hazardous and require special handling procedures, including appropriate packaging.
Keeping the cost of goods down to stay competitive, relies heavily on your ability to keep down your own costs. Finding ways to cut the “fat” can help you to pass on the savings to your clients/customers. Some areas are impossible to trim away costs from but some areas you can trim away costs from.
Any supply chain for any organization knows that risk is profound. Inventory is the number one asset for most organizations so protecting it always takes precedence but of course risk to inventory is not the only risk factor. When you look at the numbers concerning compensable injuries in the workplace, especially in warehouses, it is […]
The Tesla inventory management system and Tesla’s supply chain strategy has gotten a lot of attention. Some of it good and unfortunately some of it bad. The good comes from the revolutionary vision that Elon Musk has for his company and the possibilities of what a full on vertically integrated supply chain can look like, […]
