Safety stock: what is it and how can I optimize it?
May 25, 2020Safety stock is extra inventory stored in the warehouse in order to cope with contingencies in the supply chain. How can you avoid having too much of it?
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Safety stock is extra inventory stored in the warehouse in order to cope with contingencies in the supply chain. How can you avoid having too much of it?
The supply chain is the process generated from the time the customer places an order to the moment the product or service has been delivered and charged. How does it differ from logistics?
Warehouse layout: when designing this, you have to strike a balance between flows of people and materials, goods accessibility, available space, and stock throughput. How can you do this?
Spare parts warehouse: organizing one optimally means being able to prepare a large volume of orders simultaneously and managing an immense inventory. We'll show you how to do this in our article.
Supply chain benchmarking consists of gathering information on good practices and sector leaders to adapt it to your company. We’ll show you how to implement it successfully.
Flow racking systems for pallets and boxes leverage the force of gravity to move boxes. Find out about the main types and applications.
The “last mile” concept refers to the final leg of the goods delivery process when the goods are moved to the destination specified by the customer. We’ll show you some key strategies to optimize it.
Reverse logistics operations are part of the DNA of e-commerce businesses: they’re abundant and inevitable. How can you tackle the challenges it poses to your warehouse? We'll show you in our article.