Reverse Logistics in Pharmaceutical Industry
Reverse Logistics in Pharmaceutical Industry Reverse logistics is an area of supply chain, which is becoming popular only in recent years. Reverse logistics is the process of moving goods from the end customer to the source for purposes of proper disposal or capturing value. It involves collecting goods from the customers, sorting, disposal and retrieval […]
Industry 4.0 for Supply Chain – The role of AI (Part 2)
Industry 4.0 for Supply Chain – The role of AI (Part 2) This is part 2 of a 3-part blog, addressing the 3 questions below. Part 1 – What is Industry 4.0? Part 2 – Where does Supply Chain figure in Industry 4.0? Part 3 – What is the role of AI in Supply Chain […]
Automatic Identification and Its Role in Warehouse Management
Automatic Identification and Its Role in Warehouse Management What is Auto-ID or automatic identification? Auto-ID or automatic identification refers to the identification process of the appropriate stock keeping units (SKU) during a supply chain process, using technologies such as RFID, barcodes etc. Automatic identification technologies improve the accuracy of the SKU identification process up to […]
Warehouse Management Trivia
Warehouse Management Trivia Let us look at some of the most common terminologies associated with warehouse management, their meaning and usage: What is TAT? TAT or Turn Around Time is an important metric in Supply Chain. All material movement activities (loading, unloading, put-away, picking, dispatch, etc.) can be measured and benchmarked using TAT What is […]
What the Data Says – Decoding the Data Deluge
What the Data Says – Decoding the Data Deluge Why is data so important when it comes to warehouse or supply chain management? What role does data and information play in effective supply chain and warehouse management? The obvious answer is that the right data and information helps in improving the organization’s decision making and […]
Wave Picking
Wave Picking In the last post we saw the various types of picking methodologies available for a warehouse manager to choose from, such as Batch Picking, Zone Picking, Consignment / Order Based Picking and Wave Picking. Amongst these, Wave Picking by itself is a subject area in itself. And hence this post. What is Wave […]
