by Jon Schreibfeder | May 15, 2018 | Best Practices, Warehousing
Your policies and procedures must be enforced in order for you to achieve effective inventory management. Often companies will promote the warehouse employee who knows most about your inventory to the position of warehouse manager. Unfortunately, unless this person is...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Apr 15, 2018 | Best Practices, General, Warehousing
If one of your warehouse employees walks past an item lying in the middle of a warehouse aisle, do they pick it up and put it in its proper location? Do they pretend not to see it? Do they feel they are too busy to deal with it? Do they kick it out of the way? The...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Dec 15, 2014 | Warehousing
Last month we looked at ways to improve inventory accuracy and receiving activities. This month we are going to look at some best practices in picking. One of the most effective enhancements to your picking process is to implement a warehouse management system...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Nov 15, 2014 | General, Warehousing
Over the past several weeks, I have been working with two customers to improve the accuracy of their inventory. That is, to ensure that the on-hand quantities in their computer system agree with what is actually on the shelves in their warehouses. No matter how...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Aug 15, 2014 | Warehousing
Last week we received an inquiry asking when it makes sense to set up a regional distribution center rather than having suppliers deliver all products directly to the branch or warehouse that will sell them. Distributing products from a central company location...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Mar 1, 2001 | Warehousing
If one of your warehouse employees walks past an item laying in the middle of a warehouse aisle, do they pick it up and put it in its proper location? Do they pretend not to see it? Do they feel they are too busy to deal with it? Do they kick it out of the way? The...
