Category: Assessing Warehouse Operations

What is Inventory Forecasting?

What is Inventory Forecasting? Inventory forecasting is the method to estimate or predict the stock required to be procured in the warehouse to meet the customers’ demands. The predictions are based on past orders by the customer based on the quantity of SKU, number of orders, and market conditions (for [...]

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How to Optimize Warehouse Operations 

Why is optimisation required? Optimizing warehouse operations is essential to maximize the overall efficiency of a warehouse. Non-optimized operations often lead to increased lead times for operations such as Put-away, Picking, Loading, and Dispatch operations, which in turn can affect the timely as well as the quality of the delivery. [...]

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Warehousing – An India Perspective

Traditionally, warehousing in India has been made up of small unit sizes. Most warehouses were looked upon as mere godowns. The lack of world-class infrastructure has always hindered the growth of other industries that rely on warehousing and logistics. India is now witnessing a paradigm shift in warehousing due to [...]

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Best Practices in A Cold Storage Warehouse

Cold storage is the storage of any temperature-controlled substance that prevents the substance from decaying or not adhering to the basic regulations that apply to that item. Cold storage warehouse management is a highly specialized skill that requires comprehensive knowledge of the industry, the ability to monitor processes closely occurring [...]

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Wave Picking

In our other blogs, we have detailed the various types of picking methodologies available for a warehouse manager to choose from, such as batch picking, zone picking, consignment/order-based picking, and wave picking. Amongst these, the subject of wave picking is vast enough that it requires its own article. What is [...]

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Why Warehouse Management System?

Why Warehouse Management System? It is not so easy to manage warehouse operations. It includes efficient utilization of man-power, equipment & space and at the same time reduce the inventory carrying cost – all of which helps to run a profitable business in today’s competitive business environment. It looks simple [...]

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