As your operation grows, the type of powered vehicles that will work best for you may change. Growth often means increasing numbers of SKUs and larger on-hand quantities. If your company provides replacement consumables or spare parts, you may find a growing parts inventory that must be maintained and selected from.
Here are the top 15 elements we review when assessing a current warehouse layout.
Harry & David’s largest distribution center is about to get a little bigger: The multichannel retailer best known for its Moose Munch candy mix and its Royal Riviera pears is adding 45,000 sq.-ft. to its Hebron, OH-based facility. The $16 million expansion will be completed in fall 2008.
This is the second in a two-part series. This week, we’ll address fire protection issues.
As your operation grows, the type of order selection vehicles that will work best for you may change. Growth often means increasing numbers of SKUs, and larger on-hand quantities. It is not uncommon for shelving storage requirements to grow to cases on pallet rack shelving, and then to full pallet loads of a single SKU. In a business where items are constantly added and changing, you may find that SKUs will proliferate. All of these factors can combine to create extra travel that can place a growing burden on your order picking staff. Fortunately, there are some powered vehicle options that can help.
Receiving is the Rodney Dangerfield of operations, says consultant Wayne Teres: Few companies give it any respect.
But it is the most complicated function in the warehouse. One error can have a ripple effect.
This is the first in a two-part series on fire safety. This week we’ll discuss what potentially causes a fire in the DC. Next week, we
“Data analysis” is a name given to the process of evaluating and interpreting historical electronic data. In distribution environments, we most commonly look at historical product and order data, to look for patterns and opportunities that are not apparent from observation alone. This month I look at a specific type of analysis which can be done for operations that have a small number of SKUs common to many orders.
Rich Skinner is the warehouse manager for Nasco’s distribution center in Fort Atkinson, WI. Skinner works daily on seeing that Nasco’s supervisors and
Don’t know your racking from your shelving? Here’s a primer: