More warehouses and DCs are turning to automation to deal with rising labor costs, booming e-commerce orders, and rapid order fulfillment. Typically, two thirds of your warehouse resources are consumed with outbound activities. One area to improve is your order picking processes. You want to ... Continue Reading
Supply Chain Resilience is the ability to respond and recover quickly to unexpected events, like a global pandemic. To achieve this, operations leaders are looking to future-proof their warehouses by putting proactive strategies in place. But where do you begin? You can start with a supply chain ... Continue Reading
Fail to prepare is to prepare to fail when it comes to the laborious annual process of counting and adjusting inventory at the most financially critical time of the year in Australia. The good news though is that the physical stock count process can be made easier with preparation and dedication to ... Continue Reading
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Businesses around the world are facing a variety of new challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this Q&A interview, we speak to RF-SMART and NetSuite customer Technopack, a packaging and PPE distributor, about how they are adapting to the sudden spike in demand for their products during ... Continue Reading
Used extensively in manufacturing, retail and distribution environments, barcode scanning has become synonymous with convenience, increased accuracy and operational gains. But like most things, you can often take something good and make it even better. With barcode scanning, it's called parsing. ... Continue Reading
No matter your business, it’s impossible to not feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. From supply chain delays and travel bans to furloughs and stores closing, it is believed that more than 80% of companies will experience some disruption. With these stats hitting the headlines, your first ... Continue Reading
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Global industries are facing unforeseen challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While governments work to contain the impact of the virus on businesses, it’s fair to say that most supply chains will endure challenges for the foreseeable future. While many face disruptions in their ... Continue Reading
We often get asked about eliminating paper in the warehouse to cut costs or avoid touch points for contamination. This is even more critical right now as companies look to meet increased health and safety requirements. At RF-SMART, we have tools that can help you become a paper-free operation. This ... Continue Reading
September 30, 2019
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Casey Rebman Walker
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Maintaining accurate inventory is mission-critical for today’s modern supply chain. Exact on-hand quantities are needed for inventory and production planning and to execute an efficient fulfillment process. One way to maintain that accuracy is to implement a cycle count process. What is Inventory ... Continue Reading
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Does this sound familiar: You've got inventory organized at the bin or location level, and no matter how vigilant your efforts are, you still find yourself with misplaced stock. Maybe you're noticing that your bin and location numbers don't match or that misplaced inventory is causing your numbers ... Continue Reading
