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March 01, 2007Reader 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
   
January 22, 2007On-Demand Videocast: Optimizing Transportation and Distribution
The informative Supply Chain Videocast will detail how use of the latest optimization techniques can be applied at the order demand level to increase shipment size without compromising customer requirements or over-the-road regulations - leading to significant reductions in transportation expense. These new techniques, combined with battle-tested optimization processes for pallet building and trailer loading, can help reverse rising transportation spend and dramatically improve case picking and overall distribution efficiency.
  Topics : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Order picking | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation
   

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