There is a continued fear of robotic warehouse automation and its ability to take warehouse jobs from employees. While we understand the fear, we don’t necessarily share it.
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Christine Wheeler, on Thu, Oct 19, 2023
There is a continued fear of robotic warehouse automation and its ability to take warehouse jobs from employees. While we understand the fear, we don’t necessarily share it.
Christine Wheeler, on Thu, Oct 19, 2023
It’s true that 20% of products in a facility are picked 80% of the time. This means that keeping the most frequently picked items in a convenient location is a no-brainer right?
Christine Wheeler, on Wed, Jun 09, 2021
Order picking methods are defined in terms of: (a) pickers per order - the number of pickers that work on a single order at one time; (b) lines per pick - the number of orders a single item is picked for at one time; and (c) periods per shift - the frequency of order scheduling during one shift.
Christine Wheeler, on Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Last year retailers everywhere in every niche, B2B and B2C, had to either learn how to do Ecommerce and In-Store Fulfillment for the first time or learn to do it much better on a bigger scale than ever before. What businesses did to engage with customers on the front end – evolving their offerings into a multichannel or omnichannel presence – was not always matched by the evolution required in the back end for fulfillment.
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
Beyond the mobile workstation, what you see in the hands of people on the move are iPads. In fact, because they are mobile in and of themselves does not mean it is complete. Far from it.
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
The process for determining which mobile powered computer cart and/or stand-alone power package that best meets the requirements for your warehouse, factory or large retail store includes:
Christine Wheeler, on Fri, Aug 23, 2019
The worst advice heard when searching for new, or replacement industrial computer workstations - “just get the cheapest one they have.” Spending a little extra to get the right workstation for the plant, warehouse, store, or distribution center will save money in the long run, and increase productivity.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Wasted Motion does not happen all at one time - it may be 20 seconds here and 10 seconds there, making it extremely difficult to identify. Simple examples of wasted motion include:
Not only is this waste hard to identify, it's also very costly over the course of a year.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Retailers are finding that consumer demand is getting more unpredictable — which increases the importance of changing the way they manage inventory.
Christine Wheeler, on Tue, Aug 13, 2019
Each mobile workstation cart is a powerful tool for improving productivity in any warehouse - but only when they're used correctly. These guidelines establish a baseline for using the carts and optimizing warehouse activities in ways that produce measurable results.
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