Every factory experiences a certain time of the year when it is so busy that breaks are hard to come by. Never mind trying to find time to clean and stay organized. Keeping things clean and organized is a surprisingly big factor in increased profit potential, while a lack of cleanliness and organization can lead to problems with productivity down the road.
Here are four ways that you can keep your factory clean and organized during the coming busy season. (more…)
Successfully managing a warehouse can be a challenging endeavor for anyone. There will be unique challenges you may be unlikely to come across in other situations. Nevertheless, any practical management experience shouldn’t be difficult to apply towards running a warehouse specifically.
If you are an entrepreneur with no prior experience, taking an introductory course in management at your local community college, or even online degree programs from WGU could be very beneficial in helping you learn the foundational skills you’ll find useful.
With that said, the best kind of experience is the kind you learn on the job. This article will cover five steps that are most critical to your success in managing a warehouse. (more…)
Weighing incoming and outgoing goods is essential in warehouses for safety, regulation, cost and operation. If the scale is inaccurate it can lead to incorrect invoicing, customer complaints, non-compliance with regulations, overloaded vehicles, safety problems, productivity issues, and more.
Platform scales are the best-selling type of warehouse scale – ideal for dispatch areas due to their high quality components, heavy duty build and high capacities.
Even in the most challenging of conditions, platform scales provide accurate readings, so there are no discrepancies between the stated weight of the item and the actual weight. But why are platform scales so crucial to warehouses? Let’s find out. (more…)
The big box retailer that you’ve been trying to get into just agreed to your first big purchase order, but now they want you to implement EDI and you’re uncertain of everything that it requires. Sound familiar? Many of your fellow vendors implement EDI because a major retailer or other key customer demands it. Why? EDI streamlines and improves workflow and it enhances supply chain visibility and predictability. Digital transactions processed through EDI are so efficient that companies that use these systems often give preference to trading partners that already have EDI in place. While it’s true that having an EDI solution can give you an edge in negotiations, EDI can also help support your business’s success in the modern digital retail world. (more…)
Managing a large facility is a major undertaking, especially when waste volumes are high. These waste products might be inactive or hazardous, so they must be treated with the proper care. As factory managers continually improve their surroundings, dealing with waste is one of their top managerial priorities. Consider the top strategies for waste management today. Factory managers have many choices to consider. (more…)
Warehouses are vast structures that are like self-contained cities. As a hub of activity, warehouses may also use more energy and resources than they actually need to. The managers of warehouses can take action to implement greener business practices. These four options can help warehouse managers to devise environmentally friendly ways of doing business. (more…)
Three things make mobile payment processing possible: a mobile payment method, such as an e-wallet or a credit card, a mobile payment gateway (for processing the payment, and hardware that connects the payment method with the gateway, such as a smartphone or a point-of-sale (POS) scanner.
Mobile payment processing operates on five basic models: mobile wallets, card-based payments, carrier billing, POS contactless payments that use Near Field Communication (NFC), and payer/payee direct account transfers. Add them together, and you have a form of payment processing that is evolving, but has already made a significant impact on the world.
We often examine the impact microcosmically, such as studying how mobile payment affects a particular industry or by spotlighting a facet of mobile commerce that concerns consumers. To appreciate its true importance, it’s also essential to look at mobile payment from a macro perspective. When we do, we see it has three sweeping effects that make it important to life as we know it. (more…)
Every day, small and medium-sized manufacturers search for ways to streamline their processes. From constant headaches in the shipping department to bottlenecks in the production line, plant managers never seem to find a constant way to trim costs and save time. Here are some tips that will help managers streamline their manufacturing and shipping departments from top to bottom, according to Manufacturing.net. (more…)
The world of business operates on the efficiency of movement. Your clients depend on quick and reliable delivery of the products and supplies that they need on a daily basis, not to mention the goods that consumers want to get into their hands as soon as possible. For this, the most prudent way of storing goods to prepare for delivery is the warehouse. If this is your business, then keep reading to discover five simple tweaks that you can implement to help your warehouse run more efficiently. (more…)
Demystifying the CloudTechnology has grown exponentially more advanced in the last decade, with information technology’s latest brainchild being Cloud Technology. Although cloud technology’s uses and implications are huge, its concept is quite simple. It simply means moving software and/or hardware from an in-house datacenter to a third party’s datacenter, while having it available on demand. For example, Microsoft now provides Word on their server and makes it accessible to you via an online link. (more…)
