Archive: Logistics

As shipments have become larger in size container sizes have also increased to accommodate larger pay loads.

There are two main methods used for maintaining inventory, physical inventory and cycle counting.

As the link between manufacturing and transportation, and between transportation and storage functions, loading docks perform a crucial function in most warehouses.

Through the numerous stages of a supply chain; key factors such as time and supply of order decisions, demand for the supply, lack of communication and disorganisation can result in one of the most common problems in supply chain management.

When it comes to protecting products, or holding products together and intact for transport; stretch and shrink wrapping are often employed.

One way that has proven to improve an organisation substantially is a supply chain process known as Lean Logistics.

There are numerous factors that need to be considered when making an informed decision to implement cross-docking into an organisation.

Here we will take a look at the advantages of Reverse Logistics

We take a look at what Reverse Logistics is and how it works.

What is a supply chain network? And why are they so important for logistics and business managers?