Christine Wheeler, on Wed, Jun 09, 2021
Order picking methods are defined in terms of: (a) pickers per order - the number of pickers that work on a single order at one time; (b) lines per pick - the number of orders a single item is picked for at one time; and (c) periods per shift - the frequency of order scheduling during one shift.
Christine Wheeler, on Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Last year retailers everywhere in every niche, B2B and B2C, had to either learn how to do Ecommerce and In-Store Fulfillment for the first time or learn to do it much better on a bigger scale than ever before. What businesses did to engage with customers on the front end – evolving their offerings into a multichannel or omnichannel presence – was not always matched by the evolution required in the back end for fulfillment.
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
Beyond the mobile workstation, what you see in the hands of people on the move are iPads. In fact, because they are mobile in and of themselves does not mean it is complete. Far from it.
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
The process for determining which mobile powered computer cart and/or stand-alone power package that best meets the requirements for your warehouse, factory or large retail store includes:
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
The worst advice heard when searching for new, or replacement industrial computer workstations - “just get the cheapest one they have.” Spending a little extra to get the right workstation for the plant, warehouse, store, or distribution center will save money in the long run, and increase productivity.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Wasted Motion does not happen all at one time - it may be 20 seconds here and 10 seconds there, making it extremely difficult to identify. Simple examples of wasted motion include:
Not only is this waste hard to identify, it's also very costly over the course of a year.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Retailers are finding that consumer demand is getting more unpredictable — which increases the importance of changing the way they manage inventory.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Each mobile workstation cart is a powerful tool for improving productivity in any warehouse - but only when they're used correctly. These guidelines establish a baseline for using the carts and optimizing warehouse activities in ways that produce measurable results.
Christine Wheeler, on Mon, Aug 12, 2019
In our business, it’s often easy to forget that for every customer that comes to us knowing exactly where they can improve productivity, there is at least two who aren’t sure if they have room to improve or where to start looking for opportunities.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Jun 04, 2019
In a perfect world, we would sit back and let our customers do our marketing for us. Because with a Net Promoter Score of +56, we know our products are loved and widely used by them. And recently we woke up one morning thinking perhaps that perfect world was beginning to form when we received this video from Wurth, a global retailer group based in Germany with a core business in the distribution of fasteners and tools with over 120,000 different products.
To be considered a supplier worthy of their endorsement is truly a privilege, especially when their corporate philosophy is so direct on what they stand for:
"When it comes to quality, we make no compromise. The Würth name stands for good, solid products and process quality in addition to outstanding customer service. Being close to our customers is important to us. More than 45,000 employees in 80 countries worldwide are busy looking after the needs of our customers."
Many thanks to the team at Wurth for making our day! Now, how can we make yours?
