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March 05, 2007
Supply Chain Expert Profile: Chad Collins
Supply Chain Expert Profile for Chad Collins, HighJump Software
TOPICS : Supply Chain ExpertsMarch 05, 2007
Supply Chain Expert Profile: Gene Tyndall
Supply Chain Expert Profile for Gene Tyndall, Supply Chain Executive Advisors
TOPICS : Supply Chain ExpertsMarch 05, 2007
Supply Chain Expert Profile: Dr. John Gattorna
Supply Chain Expert profile for Dr. John Gattorna, author of Living Supply Chains and other books.
TOPICS : Supply Chain ExpertsMarch 01, 2007
Reader Question: When Does Carton Sortation in Distribution Make Sense?
Is there any guideline that would tell us when a picking automation solution (say pick to belt with downstream sortation) would start to potentially make sense? Are there any rules of thumb we could consider without first having a full assessment? There has to be some sort of characteristics that say when this might make sense.
TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Order picking