The 3 Most Common Warehouse Receiving Challenges – And How to Solve Them Warehouse receiving impacts all aspects of operations, from inventory management to logistics. If not aligned with the changing needs of a growing business, picking, packing, and shipping can shrink its margins. In addition, with labor costs accounting for 50 to 70 percent…
How to Improve Your Warehouse Operations Using Lean Six Sigma Every industry faces pressure to increase outputs and profits. In an economic climate marked by labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, companies are taking a Lean Six Sigma approach to improve warehouse operations. While these proven processes are not new, their focus on identifying areas…
How to Optimize Warehouse Order Picking with Mobile Workstation Carts Order picking is a significant warehouse cost center, and order picking errors hurt profits. Every picking error adds cost and subtracts profit from your enterprise. Even with a well-trained workforce, numerous obstacles can get in the way of fast, efficient order picking. Picking errors pile…
How to Avoid Drift and Other Worker Strains in the Warehouse The rhythm and blues band, The Drifters, was before my time, but we’ve all heard of them (at least those of us over 40). The band was known for some blockbuster tunes back in the day, from Under the Boardwalk to This Magic Moment,…
Featured in Modern Materials Handling, our CEO discusses the benefits of mobile warehouse computer carts Providers of casters and automated carts aren’t entirely reinventing the wheel, but they are evolving to better support the move toward automation. That means evolution in terms of caster designs that are maintenance-free and easy to roll to support high…
Busting Six Myths From the Warehouse In many ways, the warehouse is a microcosm of society at large. There are those workers who conform to all the rules, those who break each and every one and then those who don’t even realize there are rules to begin with. From my observations helping e-commerce providers adjust…
Six Traits of Effective, Long-lasting Mobile Workstation Carts Mobile workstation carts are essential to today’s mobile workforce, but with so many available options, how can you select the best model for your business and industry? This article will identify six key traits of effective, long-lasting mobile workstations. We’ll show what the best mobile workstation cart…
Why We Created the First, Commercially Available, Fixed Portable RFID Reader One of the world’s largest online retailers, which has used our products and solutions for many years, needed a passive RFID solution that would quickly and efficiently count and manage its returnable transport items (RTIs) and packing materials that were not part of its…
BY CLAIRE SWEDBERG Definitive Technology Group built a solution for an online retailer and is now marketing it for use by warehouses, data centers and healthcare facilities to capture inventory counts faster and more effectively than with handhelds. May 21, 2021 RFID reader options vary from handheld models to fixed tunnels and gates, as well as forklift…
5 Benefits of An Adjustable Height Mobile Computer Workstation This should come as no surprise: your workforce is only as good as the tools you equip them with. Unfortunately, workforces across industries are forced to handle cumbersome, uncustomizable workstations throughout their daily routines. While the seemingly simple matter of workstation design may seem insignificant to…