It’s been said that hindsight is 20/20… and it’s certainly true that taking a moment to ponder the outcomes of the projects and activities of the year is useful. I’ve had wild successes, as well as some equally fantastic failures. As a project manager, I’ve always believe that if my team did not accomplish its goals, it pointed to a failure on my part. Learning from both the ups and the downs is the first…
In recent years, many prominent universities have developed graduate level programs in supply chain, procurement, and logistics. Many go after an Masters of Business Administration (MBA) or other masters level designation in hopes of being promoted to managing people. And yet, that doesn’t always happen. A master’s degree is a great tool, but you have to make sure it’s the right tool for the problem you are hoping to solve. To get the most out…
My grandmother made my favorite Indian sweets, especially fresh and hot mysorepaks, filled with ghee, and sugar, and love. Nothing was better. If you ask most people about love, they’ll talk about family. Almost as often, you’ll hear about home-cooked food served with devotion by a doting parent perhaps. Meanwhile, in the United States at least, you may also end up talking about business and, almost always, money. There’s an inherent belief that, with the…
Replenishment involves moving inventory from reserve location to active location so that it may be picked, packed and shipped. In the case of the item can’t be located quickly, or there is an error in finding or utilizing it, this small mistake can cause the entire workflow to break down. By setting up a dedicated replenishment team with agile strategies as listed in this article, you could avoid these kinds of scenarios in your slowdowns…
Sealed Air Corp. is among the big shippers to partner with Kenco Logistics Services and Smart Gladiator on an app that can manage the huge volume of photos taken to prove compliance with customer requirements. When it comes to settling disputes over damaged or inaccurate loads, the proof is in the picture. Sealed Air Corp. was experiencing a serious problem with chargebacks. Ostensible reasons for the customer-imposed fines included missed delivery targets, improper labelling, incorrect…
Smart Gladiator, an innovative mobile-enabling supply chain solution provider and developer of the next generation Wearable, Tablet and Mobile technologies for supply chain execution is proud to announce, its product Loadproof (www.loadproof.com) to Image Enable Supply Chain has helped Kenco’s customers save significant dollars. Loadproof has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 CSCMP Supply Chain Innovator Award. The benefits of Loadproof can be learned from the session in the CSCMP conference as detailed…
Data Collection in Warehouses Data collection is a very important business function that needs to be performed in a Distribution Center in order to maintain accurate inventory count real time of all the SKUs that a distribution center ships for all its customers. Hence all the processes that are performed reflect inventory count real time and hence orders can be fulfilled at a much faster pace, without shortages, without mispicks and delivering the highest levels…
I still remember, it is so fresh in my mind, I was a developer that was part of the professional services team supporting the Warehouse Management iSeries deployment for our customers and I got this very interesting design spec that said Voice Picking. I got excited and I met with the Consultant/Business Analyst that was designing this system, I was educated on this new process, where in the users would talk to the computer, I…
Picking is one of the most important functions that is performed in the warehouse for the reasons below, 1. Often picking process is the most time-consuming process, hence could become a bottle neck, if not done fast enough. 2. The more orders are picked, the more orders can be shipped, that means more orders can be invoiced, hence picking directly increases the revenue for the Distribution Center. 3. Picking also directly impacts the throughput metric,…
Use LoadProof to Block Chain Enable Your Supply Chain – What does this mean?
Automatically perform the following:
1. Increases EPP, using budgeted line items.
2. Increases employee engagement – without additional expense.
3. Reduces errors and costs.
4. Minimizes injury.
5. Much better Employee engagement.
6. Provides a new approach to enabling hands free operations. The large display, flexible touchscreen keypads, allow existing applications to be deployed hands free while leveraging latest mobile capabilities without re-engineering!
Millennial friendly technology, less onboarding time, very easy adoption – touch screen keypad, and 43% of Millennials already use IOS, familiar with Facetime, 85% of Millennials aged 18-24 own devices and 86% aged 25-34 own them, consume a lot of video on their smartphones, and are highly comfortable with this medium, they understand and like apps.
Devices are light weight, compared to the Wrist Mounts & about 1/3rd of the Weight when compared with RF handhelds (this reduces the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome, nerve damage, stress on the arm etc). They are also hygienic.
Replacing devices is quicker and less costly: Cost of Replacement of parts is less because of Smart Gladiator Bluetooth scanner – Today the devices in the market have corded scanner (they don’t use wireless bluetooth technology) so if the cord breaks, they need to replace the entire scanner and that costs more vs Less for the Smart Gladiator scanner.
Just as rugged as competitors, with a rugged case and nano-technologyscreen protector – rugged, durable case and nano-technology screen protector, offering:
Protection against Bacteria
Protection against Scratches, Dust and Fingerprints
