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Pallet Rack Design
Identify style of pallet racking from pictures and drawings. Pallet rack types are easily identified using this guide. Warehouse pallet rack identification is easy with the photos provided.
Green Supply Chain Reduces Costs by 5%-20%
How to be Green in your Supply Chain, Logistics and Warehouse. Wal-mart and Tesco have lessons for how to desing environmentally conscious supply chains. This article asks the 5 questions that will help your business create a Green initiative and an environmentally focussed plan for the future.
Profiling – ABCs of Warehousing and Distribution
Based on the number of lines per order, learn how to design a warehouse pick operation. Areas discussed include slotting, velocity, ABC analysis, 80-20 rule for the warehouse, and if you company owns both the distribution center and the retails stores, the benefits of slotting by store aisles.
What is Profiling for the Warehouse?
Warehouse profiling is the process of sorting through the ABC analysis, assessing the distribution center size, picking methodology (consolidated, velocity, family, batch, random), warehouse product characteristics (cube, weight, stackability), cube usage (slot openings), heuristic best case analysis (selecting storage options). Once profiling of a warehouse is complete, a distribution center manager can recommend the best layout and make the warehouse layout flexible. With this, he will have a list of storage types, number of units and the SKU assigned to storage types.
Forklift Battery Model and Serial Number
Finding the model and serial number on a forklift battery can be deceiving. Many will write down the model number on the side of the battery tray, when in fact the battery model and serial number are stamped on the top of the battery in the lead terminal post. This article will guide you to help you find the model and serial number. You may want to find a price or source a replacement battery for your forklift. This article will help you find the information you need.
