 | Reader wants to know: Are there any guidelines for when a consumer goods manufacturer should move from plant shipments to a consolidated DC for all or most customer shipments? Our experts respond. |
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| After watching our Videocast, reader has questions about battery life, screen formatting, and best applications in the DC for wearables. |
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| Reader thinks inspecting each incoming box of supplier parts takes too much time, but manufacturing wants the inventory accuracy. What are the options? Our experts respond - add your thoughts. |
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| I am currently working on efforts to improve retention in our distribution facilities. We regularly research to ensure the pay is above market... |
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| What is the best way to calculate the maximum throughput of a given warehouse or distribution center? |
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| How do I go about figuring a pick up allowance per cwt for my customer? More specifically, if we typically deliver to a customer and then they want to pick up, they are asking for a pick up allowance. In the past here it has been figured per hundred weight, as we have bracket pricing for the baking powder that is ordered. I just am not getting it. Typically, I have been told to take the weight of the shipment x .100 then divide that by the cost to ship the load. |
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| What are the Pros and Cons of Vending Machine Use when Managing MRO Items, and Where Might I Find Additional Information on this Subject? |
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| My company has an extended supply chain with all suppliers and factories located in Asia. Visibility is clearly a challenge. Could you suggest a few approaches to improve visibility? Currently a flood of excel spreadsheets are the primary tools. Web portals comes to mind.
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| I am Confused on Terms for Supply Chain Software. Is there any Real Difference between "Hosted," "On-Demand," and/or "Software as a Service?" Why So Many Terms? |
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| To Reduce Distribution Costs, We are Evaluating Whether We can Reduce the Number of Sort Lanes We Use? How Should We Think About This? |
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