Health and Safety is a major concern for the Supply Chain & Logistics industries, where hazards and workplace accident risk are significant. We’ve gathered some stats from Safe Work Australia to illustrate the above, as well as recommendations on how to run a safe warehouse:
The dynamic supply chain strives focuses on operational agility that drives profits, not just short-term efficiencies. For companies to successfully compete in this new environment, they need to digitize and automate each step of the workflow.
So what benefits can a Warehouse Management System offer the dynamic supply chain?
By automating your entire supply chain, including manufacturing execution system (MES) and warehouse management systems (WMS) you’ll be able to track all your products throughout the supply chain. These programs should work together seamlessly, providing visibility and maximizing efficiency from production to delivery.
We’ve enlisted the main benefits of good Inventory Management for manufacturing businesses.
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Technology is the greatest change agent around. Consider how integrated your life is with your technology – you can manage bank accounts, interact with friends, plan vacations, research purchases, and pay bills online. But many people still use a whiteboard, clipboard or spreadsheet for critical business processes such as appointment scheduling.
With so much of yours and your customer’s daily routine online, does it make sense to continue managing your appointments manually?
Whether you store your retail or wholesale inventory in your own warehouses, or you are a third-party logistics company responsible for fulfilment and #distribution of external clients’ products, you depend on one or multiple carriers to deliver your goods.
We have enlisted the 5 top benefits of having an integrated Application Programming Interface (API) with carriers:
SKUs and UPCs serve different purposes. SKUs are internal codes used to track inventory, while UPCs are standardized external product indentifyers. Whether you need SKUs, UPCs or both depends on what you're using them for and where you sell your products and services. Understading their main differences will help you decide which code(s) you need to use:
We just had to share this excellent resource, compiled by Google, with a succint analysis of NZ Consumer behaviour.
Is your business catering to consumers who live online?
