Along with the tangible and intangible characteristics, a benefit should be measured on management’s general level of responsiveness to the benefit. […]
WMS Benefit Classification
Category: Warehouse Management
Put-away, Directed vs. Suggested
There are several advantages of using a warehouse management system (WMS) to direct product put-away to minimize operator decision making requirements. […]
Directed Put-away – No Location Found
A good warehouse operations strategy is to use these exception processes as a chance to improve the operations and minimize the potential of these exceptions from reoccurring. […]
Directed Put-away – No Location Found
Directed put-away removes the routine and tedious decision making tasks from operators allowing them to be more productive. A good warehouse management system (WMS) should allow management to define various put-away rules the computer will use when determining the best put-away location. […]
Reasons for System Directed Put-away
There are many reasons you might want to use your warehouse management system to help determine where product should be stored. […]
Boom Room. Sometimes being lean simply means being simple.
Your workforce can manage keeping the flammable product in this protected space by memory, but most warehouses should have technology in place to ensure all product is put-away following rules-based decision support. This ‘direct putaway’ capability will help you with additional warehouse best practice including: […]
Lean and Safety – Stop, Look & Point
Safety and Lean can and should go hand in hand. I recently did a lean tour of a large distribution center. Along with seeing many lean process ideas I learned they had a strong focus on employee safety. […]
Storing Small Items – Part 2
Last month we introduced a few ways to store small items including custom made dividers, plastic dividers on small beam racking, traditional small bin shelving and rotabins. This month we provide a few more small items storage ideas and end with a general comparison. […]
Storing Small Items – Part 1
On a recent facility tour I observed a unique approach to storing individual cigars. This neat diamond rack configuration was designed to easily store various types and sizes of cigars in a small area. During a discussion with the rack designer we mentioned the pro’s and con’s of the design: Pro’s: Good density, ease of […]
The Golden Zone
Utilizing The Golden Zone will help make sure fast-moving SKUs are accessible and require minimal effort for the operator to pick. […]