Look for the comments by Geoff Sisko and me in “5 Low-Cost Warehouse Resolutions” in the January issue of Logistics Management. It is also in the supplement to Modern Materials Management January 2010. It present some low cost, quick to implement was to lower distribution costs in 2010.
Geoff presented his seminar “Maximizing Warehouse Space” in Chicago for WERC for the 27th time . For information about future sessions go to www.werc.org.
Editors, “From The Golden Zone”, Distribution Center Management, April 22, 2008
Joao-Pierre Ruth, “Changing Face of the Old Warehouse”, NJBiz, April 2, 2002
James A Cooke, “How labor standards LIFT productivity”, Logistics Management, March 2003
Editors, “Maximize Warehouse Space”, WERCsheet, Novemeber 6, 2009
Mima Williams and Peter Perrato, “On the Cold Front”, Supermarket News, February 12, 2001
Peter Bradley, “it’s all in the planning”, DC Velocity, May 2004
Editors, “WERC Publishes Guide to Storage Systems”, Material Handling Magazine, Novenber 2003
William & Patti Feldman, “Industrial: Dock and the Bay”, JPM Breaking New Ground, Sepember/October 2004
Jeff Berman, “Keep ‘em rolling”, Logistics Management, September 2006
Katrina C. Arade, “Top 10 Distribution Concerns”, Industrial Market Trends, March 14, 2003
Davis Drickhame, “Facility Design Trends: Changing Venue”, Material handling Management, Februrary 2006
James A Cooke, “managing by the numbers”, DC Velocity, January 2007
Editors, “Trends: Growing economy revives interest in supply chain investment, but cost control still issue”, Distribution Center Management, January 2004
Maida Napolitano, “Real warehouse and distribution stories: Low Cost Deep Impact”, Logistics Management, January 2009
William Atkins, “A lease by any other name…”, Logistics Management, October 2008
Maida Napolitano, “Value turns warehouses into distribution centers”, Modern Material Handling, December 2007
Distribution Center Management (www.distributionGroup.com) has named Geoff Sisko to their advisory Board for 2010
We have started a project to streamline returns processing for a Brooklyn 3PL.
Jack Kuchta was recently quoted in:
Maida Napolitano, “Locating Your Distribution Center, Part I, Re-engineering the Distribution Center Network”, Logistics Management, February 1, 2008
Corinne Kator, “Which Picking Method s Work”, Modern Materials Handling, February 28, 2007
James A. Cooke, “Who’s in charge here?”, DC Velocity, November 2006
Maria Napolitano, “The Cross Dock Evolution”, Logistics Management, March 2009
James A Cooke, “plug and play? No Way”, DC Velocity, May 2008
Maida Napolitano, “21 Cheap Tricks for Increased Warehouse Production”, Logistics Management, June 1, 2006
Joăo-Pierre S. Ruth, “Money Savings Options for Delivering Large Products”, NJBIZ, September 1, 2008
Jack Kuchta, “From the Golden Zone”, Distribution Center Management, November 2009
Editors of Distribution Center Management, 45 Proven Ways to Cut Warehouse Costs, New York, 2009
Maria Napolitano, “5 Low-Cost Warehouse resolutions”, Logistics Management, January 2010. Also in Modern Material Handling, January 2010
Jack Kuchta recently wrote the following article in Distribution Center Management:
All warehouse have partial pallets occupying full pallet positions. For some warehouses, this may be no more than a statistical element in calculating warehouse utilization if the facility is operating comfortably below its maximum effective working capacity. When the warehouse is nearly full, however, partial pallets can have an impact. It may be useful to compare the cost of relocating material to the cost of keeping the partial pallet in place. The three principal factors in the calculation are:
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Why would anyone use beams on the bottom level of a selective rack systems. After all, the beams cost more money. And by not putting the bottom load on the floor, the total load on the racking systems is higher, requiring more steel and more cost. Nevertheless some users routinely demand a bottom beam. Why?
The usual answer is that the bottom beam allows the floor under the pallet to be kept clean. This is critical in warehouse than store ingredients or finished products that are intended for human consumption, most importantly for grain based products. Spills can quickly lead to insect and rodent infestations.
But there are other reasons. In a racking system with high openings and few levels, the bottom beam improves the structural stability of the system. Also, wood pallets store long term on a concrete floor absorb moisture from the floor. Over time, this will undermine the strength of the pallet.
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