Order Fulfillment System Resources & Information
The proper utilization of order fulfillment technology, processes, knowledge,
and methodology can enhance productivity, lower labor costs, and boost profitability.
Food Processing, Cold Storage, Beef and Meat Industries:
what are the issues?
The cost of labor
Labor is expensive—the most expensive thing in most businesses—and in this
age of skin-of-your-teeth profit margins, a swelling headcount becomes more
than just a swelling headache. Especially in the food industry, it can be
the prime threat to profitability. How do you cope with it?
The cost of space
What do you do when the room you need isn't within the
room you have?
It seems as if there are more products and more kinds of products to keep
stored and slotted into your operation every day. Consumers demand a larger
variety of products, and to be successful, you have to meet those demands.
Are you out of room for products you need to pick and ship, even when it
seems like you reconfigure things on a weekly basis? How can you cope with
the ever-changing demands your retail customers make on order fulfillment?
The cost of cold
What do you do when your expensive cold storage area can't
hold everything?
Cold storage is vital to meat industry order fulfillment and distribution.
Utility bills are the same whether you store one sku or half a million in
that freezer. Do you take advantage of every inch of that freezer? Are the
methods or technologies that allow you to increase storage density and productivity
in your DC?
The cost of manual processes
How many trucks wait at your dock doors when they should
be on the road?
How many client drivers are in your waiting Driver Lounge? Especially since
the new Hours of Service rules, it’s vital to match output to driver schedules.
A wide array of equipment solutions, processes, and methodologies can help
you eliminate wait-times and delays. Every hour a truck isn’t on the road,
it costs money. How do you keep your docks hopping and your truck fill rates
up?
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