Kate Vitasek

inventory control in a warehouse

Storage and Inventory Control Best Practices

| Kate Vitasek

Best-practice companies have designed their storage and inventory control processes and systems to meet the needs of the current and planned mix of storage types, including optimization of storage locations and layouts. Here are some tips to help you optimize location, tracking, retrieval and timely processing of customer orders.

Material handling and put-away

| Kate Vitasek

Most distribution professionals understand that it is not enough to know how their company performs year over year; they must also continue to improve

Put-away Best Practices

| Kate Vitasek

Put-away is the process of moving material from the dock and transporting it to a storage, replenishment, or pick area. Best-practice companies manage the put-away area by calculating resource and space requirements based on expected receipts and current backlogs.

On picking and packing

| Kate Vitasek

Most companies understand the importance of following best practices but many don’t know exactly what those practices are. That’s where Kate Vitasek,