1. Order Picking Process
Problem:
Many companies still rely on printing paper tickets to pick orders. Even at low volumes, this process ignores the number of steps taken to find the pick locations from one order to the next. Order accuracy also becomes an issue at the time of picking and through the packing process; requiring a [...]

In these challenging economics it is important to realize there is a fixed cost associated to labor with many tasks including packing and shipping operations. Even if you normally ship out 5,000 cartons per day and now only ship 3,000 per day, the cost to do so is fairly static; or for argument sake maybe [...]