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Agreed. I-shape warehouses are more difficult to handle as there are multiple entrance/exit to the facility. Security needs to be ensure.

The higher the productivity and efficiency, the more inventory can be processed. Indirectly, this also means the number of staffs required to process the same inventory volume may be potentially lesse...

There are some B2B warehouses which also process ecommerce orders.

There are a couple of reasons. 1. Most of the time, operations is unaware of such a tool. 2. It is very time consuming to setup. 3. The detailed steps for a specific process often have changes. Thus a...

I have heard of LMS before, but it's not commonly used. Typically, there are multiple variations/scenarios to the operations, thus, the ops manager normally use a ballpark estimate for certain operati...

It impacts operations which are manpower intensive. Currently, it is challenging to find operations staffs. Also, to mitigate the widespread of the Covid-19, the current team needs to be divided to s...

The highest I saw for selective racking was 8-9 rows high. Even that generated some issues. Special MHE needed to be ordered from oversea. These incurred additional cost and time before actual operati...

ABC analysis is a method whereas product slotting is a activity. Let me try to clarify this. Product slotting is essentially the decision to place certain inventory in certain warehouse storage locati...

Some customers want to fully utilize the space within the container. They like to fill the whole interior with inventory. Thus, instead of pallets, they may be using slip sheets. Some decide to just s...

Another upcoming trend is the merging of B2B and B2C operations. B2B orders are palletized, but B2C orders are typically cartons and pieces. Operations need to plan carefully to fulfill these 2 types ...

Lots of conventional warehouses are U-shaped. One of the reasons is because it is easier to plan for the traffic flow outside the facility. I-shaped warehouse are more commonly used for cross-docking,...

An example will be fresh food from a neighboring country arriving in the night. Sortation is done by the operations and by morning time, the various trucks/vans will depart the facility for delivery t...

To begin with, we can look at how the orders are dropped. 1. Whether the orders are full pallets, partial pallets, cartons or loose. 2. Whether if the majority is single line/order or multiple lines/o...

The commonly discussed flows are physical flows, information flows and documentation flows. Physical flow : Can be the actual movement of goods and people Information flow : Data flow in the system (s...

Short term (immediate) strategies 1. Increase warehouse staffing. 2. Review inventory and remove obsolete inventory to free up space. Mid term strategies (May need a few weeks to a few months to imple...