Now’s the Time to Reduce Inventory Levels

| Jeff Morris

With the New Year here and the Christmas rush over, now is the perfect time to bring inventory levels down. According to Distribution Digest, a good way to accomplish that is to lower your level of service. While that may also sound like a good way to lower your level of business, the Digest claims it can be done without driving customers away — and that offering too much service can result in storing more inventory than needed.

Backed Up

| MCM staff

The holidays are over, and the returns are flooding in. But there are ways to keep those periwinkle turtlenecks from choking your warehouse, says the

WIRELESS PICKING NOW OR LATER?

| Debra Ellis

Order picking is the most labor-intensive function in the distribution center. It requires more skill than other positions and commands a higher pay scale.

All in the Family

| MCM staff

OH, TO BE VIVITEK! A start-up of Sun Chemical Corporation, the fast-growing printing supply business has seen its revenue grow from zero to millions in

BUILDING BLOCKS

| Rama Ramaswami

BEFORE ADDING SPACE or even thinking about adding space to your distribution facility, your first thought in these budget-constrained times is most likely