10 STRATEGIES TO BUILD SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY
SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY:
1. OPTIMIZE WAREHOUSE DESIGN
Redesign warehouse layouts to incorporate latest equipment and workflow best practices.
15 Minutes Average time lost every hour to inefficiency by warehouse workers
2. EVALUATE WAREHOUSE PROCESSES
Analyze current workflows to reduce inefficient warehouse practices. Improve picking, replenishment, and shipping efficiency.
3. IMPROVE ORDER ACCURACY AND FULFILLMENT
Optimize product placement to increase work-force efficiency, boost fulfillment rates, reduce cycle time, and eliminate user-error and charge backs.
PERCENT OF US DISTRIBUTION CENTRES AND NUMBER OF SKUs HANDLED
30% 1-499SKUs
25% 500-2499
21% 2500-9999
15% 10,000-50,000
9% 50,000
4. ENHANCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
Manage tasks, schedules, and training to improve morale and throughput while reducing turnover.
AVERAGE COST FREIGHT PER INVOICE
$9.81 Best in class
$13.02 Industry Average
$18.29 Laggards
5. EVALUATE VOICE DIRECTED SYSTEMS
Improve order accuracy and reduce training time with voice picking through the batch cluster, or train processes.
6. OPTIMIZE TRANSPORTATION SPEND
Centralize transportation management to source the best carrier and negotiate lower freight rates.
7. SUPPORT THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS
Help your customers simplify their supply chain and time to cash with 3PL – manage inventory, restocking, and delivery.
65% Percent of shippers who are increasing their use of 3PL services.
8. IMPROVE E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS
Make it easy for your customers to find, configure and place orders of your products online.
46% percent of total shipments originating as e-commerce transactions in 2010
9. USE DATA TO DRIVE BETTER DECISIONS
Centralized information from ERP, WMS, and TMS provide opportunities to identify new opportunities and inefficient processes
AVERAGE CLOCK-TO-CYCLE TIME
Less than 2 hours Best in class
6 hours Industry Median
10. CENTRALIZE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Fully integrated CRM, ERP, WMS, and TMS ensure consistent data to deliver better customer service and improve productivity across the enterprise.
AVERAGE ORDERS PACKED AND SHIPPED PER HOUR
More than 29.8 orders Best in class
6 orders Industry Median
Get started today.
Visit: www.emerging-alliance.com
1. OPTIMIZE WAREHOUSE DESIGN
Redesign warehouse layouts to incorporate latest equipment and workflow best practices.
15 Minutes Average time lost every hour to inefficiency by warehouse workers
2. EVALUATE WAREHOUSE PROCESSES
Analyze current workflows to reduce inefficient warehouse practices. Improve picking, replenishment, and shipping efficiency.
3. IMPROVE ORDER ACCURACY AND FULFILLMENT
Optimize product placement to increase work-force efficiency, boost fulfillment rates, reduce cycle time, and eliminate user-error and charge backs.
PERCENT OF US DISTRIBUTION CENTRES AND NUMBER OF SKUs HANDLED
30% 1-499SKUs
25% 500-2499
21% 2500-9999
15% 10,000-50,000
9% 50,000
4. ENHANCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
Manage tasks, schedules, and training to improve morale and throughput while reducing turnover.
AVERAGE COST FREIGHT PER INVOICE
$9.81 Best in class
$13.02 Industry Average
$18.29 Laggards
5. EVALUATE VOICE DIRECTED SYSTEMS
Improve order accuracy and reduce training time with voice picking through the batch cluster, or train processes.
6. OPTIMIZE TRANSPORTATION SPEND
Centralize transportation management to source the best carrier and negotiate lower freight rates.
7. SUPPORT THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS
Help your customers simplify their supply chain and time to cash with 3PL – manage inventory, restocking, and delivery.
65% Percent of shippers who are increasing their use of 3PL services.
8. IMPROVE E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS
Make it easy for your customers to find, configure and place orders of your products online.
46% percent of total shipments originating as e-commerce transactions in 2010
9. USE DATA TO DRIVE BETTER DECISIONS
Centralized information from ERP, WMS, and TMS provide opportunities to identify new opportunities and inefficient processes
AVERAGE CLOCK-TO-CYCLE TIME
Less than 2 hours Best in class
6 hours Industry Median
10. CENTRALIZE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Fully integrated CRM, ERP, WMS, and TMS ensure consistent data to deliver better customer service and improve productivity across the enterprise.
AVERAGE ORDERS PACKED AND SHIPPED PER HOUR
More than 29.8 orders Best in class
6 orders Industry Median
Get started today.
Visit: www.emerging-alliance.com
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