by Rob O'Byrne | Jul 22, 2022 | Article, logistics, warehouse
This article, written by Mal Walker, formerly a manager at Logistics Bureau, was first published in the March / April 2018 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. Pallet racking systems pervade the logistics landscape. Scattered across the country in distribution...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jul 15, 2022 | Article, Business Improvement, Slotting, Supply Chain, warehouse
Slotting is the shorthand term for the process of allocating product, (SKU’s), to locations in the Warehouse according to business rules and product characteristics. It is normally restricted to the picking face or on-line locations only however it can impose some...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jul 8, 2022 | Article, Performance Measurement - KPIs, warehouse
Is your business one that operates distribution centres and other warehouse facilities to maintain control of inventory? If so, you’re probably engaged in the eternal search to make warehouse processes faster, easier, less expensive, and safer. Indeed, such...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jun 24, 2022 | Article, Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, warehouse
It’s not uncommon for delegates at our workshops and seminars to ask us to can share our ‘rules of thumb’ on warehouse design. Therefore, we thought we’d put them here in an article, so anyone can refer to them when necessary. We’ve also added a...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jun 10, 2022 | Distribution Centre, Distribution Channels, Distribution Network Design, Supply Chain, warehouse
Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jun 3, 2022 | Article, Supply Chain, warehouse
In this post, I’d like to talk about the key factors that will impact on the optimum facility network and design required to meet your warehousing or storage requirements. Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t...
