Jun 22, 2023 | Cost to Serve, Freight, Inventory, Outsourcing, Supply Chain, Videos-SCM, Warehouse
In the constantly evolving realm of the supply chain, paying close attention to its operations and management is essential for ensuring efficiency. A small unnoticed mistake can potentially result in significant issues for the entire process. Taking responsibility by...
Jan 3, 2023 | Articles, Slotting, Warehouse
If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. However, the incredible benefits of slotting make it worth exploring some more, and we’ve never...
Jul 28, 2022 | Performance Measurement - KPIs, Videos-SCM, Warehouse
What are your performance metrics, and how do you know what good target should you achieve? Here’s John Monck, our resident warehouse consultant, to shed his thoughts. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check...
Jul 19, 2022 | Articles, LOGISTICS, Warehouse
This article, written by Mal Walker, formerly a manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the March / April 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Pallet racking systems pervade the logistics landscape. Scattered across the country in distribution...
Jul 12, 2022 | Articles, Business Improvement, Slotting, Supply Chain, Warehouse
Slotting is the shorthand term for the process of allocating product, (SKU’s), to locations in the Warehouse according to business rules and product characteristics. It is normally restricted to the picking face or on-line locations only however it can impose some...
Jun 21, 2022 | Articles, Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, Supply Chain, Warehouse
It’s not uncommon for delegates at our workshops and seminars to ask us to can share our ‘rules of thumb’ on warehouse design. Therefore, we thought we’d put them here in an article, so anyone can refer to them when necessary. We’ve also added a...