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How to Boost Your Warehouse Performance – Some Quick Tips
Warehouse performance is a priority for many businesses, prompting discussions on practical strategies to boost efficiency. In this session, Rob invited Logistics Bureau’s warehousing expert, John Monck, to share actionable insights and introduce the FACTS principles—a framework for enhancing warehouse operations. The FACTS framework…
Warehouse Capacity FIX – What Works
Warehouse capacity issues are a common challenge for businesses. Many quickly assume they need to move or lease additional space, but there are often smarter, lower-cost strategies to optimize existing warehouses. When a warehouse feels “full,” it’s often only full from a location perspective, not cubic capacity. By examining the vertical space between shelves, businesses can find underutilized areas…
How to Reduce Warehouse Costs with Warehouse Product Slotting
When it comes to improving productivity in your warehouse, the layout is everything. Product slotting is a straightforward yet effective approach to enhancing how products are placed and picked. It involves organizing products based on their picking frequency to minimize unnecessary movement. This process helps streamline your operations and significantly boosts efficiency…
How to STOP Order Profitability Leaks – Logistics Costs
It’s incredible how often businesses lose money on customer orders without realizing it. The root cause? A lack of visibility into customer and product profitability. Over time, this can lead to significant profit leaks across supply chain and logistics operations…
Easy Logistics Cost Reduction – But Few People Do This
Reducing logistics costs is top of mind for many businesses today. With increasing costs, constrained resources, and flat sales, logistics and supply chain leaders are under pressure to find solutions. The difficulty often lies in knowing where to start when it feels like there are countless areas to examine. But cutting logistics costs doesn’t have to be complicated. Small orders are often the biggest drain on logistics budgets. While many businesses deal with a mix of order sizes, small orders tend to incur higher costs per unit…
Managing your Supply Chain Team: Interview with Alma Arzate
A key takeaway was the situational leadership model, which emphasizes the importance of adjusting management styles to fit the diverse backgrounds and generational differences within a team. This approach allows leaders to assess individual readiness and capabilities, enabling them to tailor their methods accordingly…
Warehouse Capacity – How to Increase It and Avoid Moving
For the last few years, many have faced the issue of warehouse capacity. We’ve been observing this trend at Logistics Bureau, particularly since the onset of recent disruptions, and it has persisted. Many are now considering larger warehouses, or redesigning existing spaces to accommodate more goods. I’ve noticed the same trend as companies retrofit their warehouses to hold more. First, let’s address how full a warehouse should be…
Women in Supply Chain – Imposter Syndrome – with Alma Arzate
Alma defines imposter syndrome as a persistent feeling of self-doubt despite evident achievements. She attributes her own experience with imposter syndrome to a lack of strong female role models early in her career. In a male-dominated field, Alma struggled to envision herself in leadership roles when she started…
Cost to Supply v Cost to Serve and Why You Need to Understand It
Understanding the cost to supply is as crucial as knowing your cost to serve. These expenses significantly impact your pricing, strategy, and overall efficiency. Cost to supply refers to the expenses incurred by your suppliers in delivering products to your business. It’s a concept closely related to cost to serve, but it focuses on the supplier’s side. Understanding this cost is as crucial as knowing your own cost to serve…
How to Reduce Freight Costs – Key Tips Many People Miss
A common misconception is that the best way to reduce freight costs is by pressuring your carrier for a rate cut. However, because transport operations typically run on thin margins, this approach is rarely effective. Instead, it’s more sustainable to change the task—how you present your freight to the carrier and what you ask them to do…