Caveats of Buying Second-Hand Equipment
Buying used equipment can save you money up front. But it can also cost you more in the long run. Keep these stipulations in mind when considering preowned equipment.
Warehouse/Distribution Center
Four Steps in Selecting a Business System
Whether your company needs a commercially packaged warehouse management system, point of sales system, an inventory control system, a direct-to-customer order management system –or some combination of the aforementioned, selecting of the right system is a major undertaking.
Leveraging Technology for Fulfillment Success
Technology is the cornerstone of an efficient fulfillment operation. It
Ask the Fulfillment Doctor: Dashboard Dials
Imagine a series of dials in the corporate cockpit that reflect key indicators in customer service, sales tracking, and profitability. When tightly structured, these dials can give management an accurate and timely picture of the business
Are You Overlooking the Profit Opportunity in Your Receiving Operation?
This is the first of a two-part series. This article examines how establishing receiving practices can increase your bottom line. Part two will discuss how to use this information to improve your operation and your profits.
BEST PRACTICES IN INVENTORY METRICS
Unless a company has a proprietary credit program, inventory will generally be its largest balance-sheet asset and knowing standard inventory metrics
Fulfilling Urban’s legend
As director of distribution, Ken McKinney is responsible for all distribution, fulfillment, and transportation functions for Philadelphia-based Urban
SPOTLIGHT ON NCOF
Multichannel Merchant will be previewing the smartest practices and other need-to-know information from the 17th annual National Conference on Operations
The best of inventory
Inventory management and forecasting are strategic issues. Companies that recognize this fact can typically provide higher levels of service to their
Identifying Challenges and Opportunities
If you are like most distribution center managers, you know that your existing operation has a number of unsolved challenges and problems that your people grapple with on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis.