THE SUPPLY CHAIN BLOG
Warehouse Scanning Technology: Additional Options to Elevate Your Warehouse Operation
Warehouse operations are continuously evolving to meet the growing demands for efficiency, accuracy, and speed in order fulfillment. While handheld RF scanners have been a staple in warehouse environments for data capture, advancements in technology have introduced alternatives that offer enhanced capabilities and improved productivity. In this post, we will explore alternatives that are redefining warehouse operations, surpassing the limitations of handheld RF scanners and opening doors to new levels of efficiency and automation.
Warehouse Automation: Where to Start?
In the days of the pandemic (and even pre-pandemic), the trends and challenges facing the warehouse industry are clear: difficulty finding labor. As such, exploring automation for warehouses has never made more sense. However, it is a daunting task to understand and explore how to start. Below, we explore basic options to explore warehouse automation.
5 Supply Chain Trends for 2021
This past year has created many new challenges for everyone, causing consumers and companies to adapt. We expect some of the supply chain changes to be temporary but that many of them will have a lasting impact on the supply chain industry going forward. Below, we discuss some of the trends that we expect to see in 2021.
How to Modernize Your Warehouse/Distribution Center: Part 2
In Part 2 of our process to modernize warehouses, we discuss the systems and automated confirmations necessary to eliminate human error and increase efficiency.
How to Modernize your Warehouse/Distribution Operation, Part 1
For companies to stay successful over a long period of time, they must constantly be improving and changing with the times. This is especially true in warehousing and distribution. One of our core competencies at Establish is helping our clients logically and cost-effectively modernize and improve their warehouses and distribution centers. Over the next few weeks, we will be walking you through many of the steps necessary to modernize warehouses, from the most basic operation to a fully automated solution and everywhere in between. We start with two of the most important: Inventory Locations and Product Labeling.
Blockchain in Logistics: How it Started and How It's Going
Blockchain’s origin is rooted in the release of the whitepaper written under the name Satoshi Nakamoto explaining the foundation of what we know as today, Bitcoin. Bitcoin offered an avenue to worry-free digital transactions due to transparency and decentralization of the data. This ensured that information could not be altered and prompted the crypto-currency boom. The core-principles of blockchain and success of Bitcoin started a wave of curiosity into other possible applications, thus the development of the technology began to arise. One of these applications was supply chain.
How to Select the Right Warehouse Management System (WMS)
A successful warehouse depends on employees implementing storage solutions, and the success of these employees depend on system support. A Warehouse Management System (WMS) is a key system requirement in a warehouse to collect and track data, standardize processes, and execute efficient operations. WMS vary in precise functionality but will typically manage several supply chain operations within the warehouse with the objective of boosting productivity, optimizing costs, increasing customer satisfaction and creating data visibility.