Cheat Sheet – Warehouse Productivity
Fork-Truck Pallet Movement Lower Range Upper Range Units Counterbalanced 10 15 pallets/hour Narrow-aisle Reach 8 20 pallets/hour Man-up Turret 12 20 pallets/hour […]
Month: July 2009
OptiSlot
Met with Dan Basmajian, Chuck Grissom, Tim Riehl, Sheila Benny of Optricity today for a software demo and discussion on their OptiSlot […]
What’s next?
“So how’s business?” said the supply chain CEO fishing around for a sense of where I thought the economy and consulting world […]
Slot3D
In most warehouses the material handlers travel empty more than 60% of the time. Long pick paths and poor product placement can […]
Supply Chain Guru
Supply Chain design studies often target understanding the impact of new sourcing options such as switching suppliers, opening or closing facilities, new […]
Facility Block Layout
A standard approach for creating a new production facility layout for either a green field or an existing facility is as follows: […]
Kanban
When asked recently to recommend reference books on Kanban here’s what I came up with… Kanban for the Shopfloor is a straightforward […]