Claire

This is definitely true. There are operations where it makes sense to use floor stacking instead. For example, if the inventory are fast moving (to be stored in the warehouse for a few days before th...

Agreed. Recently, there was a near-miss incident that happened in one of the warehouses I was working in. The unloader was unloading and nearly missed his footing. It could have been disastrous.

To be 13 rows high, my guess is that the warehouse ceiling height should be taller than the conventional warehouses.

Think i saw articles that one of the 3PL companies was involved in the Pfizer vaccination project.

Some customers are requesting more storage space. They do not want to be in a situation where the stocks are unable to enter the country, or stockout situation where upstream factories have stopped p...

My understandin is that sometimes, slip sheet is difficult to handle.

Most of the time, operations do not practice this. Rather, the putaway team will slot the items according to where there are available space.

Some operations require inkjetting as well. Others may be repackaging, or even splitting of cartons into smaller individual packs.

In a way, yes. Imagine the returns are not in pallets or cartons form. Sometimes, the returns are in loose pieces. For example, returns from a retail shop. Most likely, the cartons will be filled wit...

Operations has more KPI to meet. Additionally, the speed to fulfill the orders are getting shorter compared to 10-20 years ago.

Hi HQ, honeycomb happens when the storage location is only partially filled with inventory. In high density storage medium, there are instances where some of the locations are not filled. It is simil...

Hi Sarah. What I understand is that the U-shaped warehouse layout is more commonly seen. The loading docks tend to be on one side of the facility. There are also warehouses with loading docks on both ...

Physical flows are easy to notice. Same goes for documentation flows. Both information flow and financial/cash flow are slightly difficult. Will need someone to do some process mapping to determine th...

The first difference will be more frequent, smaller transactions. Compared to 10 years ago, the supply chain is more diversified. Operations need to complete the picking of more PO (purchase orders). ...

Aside from the picking strategy, the storage method should also be a derivative of the order profile.