From Legacy to Leading-Edge: Navigating a Warehouse Software Upgrade
Categories: Uncategorized| Warehouse Management System
Upgrade your warehouse picking software with minimal disruption using best practices for planning, testing, and performance evaluation. Ensure smooth transitions and efficiency.
Taming the “Uglies” – How to Handle Non-Conveyable Items in Warehouse Operations
Categories: Warehouse Management System
Discover 'uglies' products that can't be handled by automated conveyors due to size, shape, or packaging, requiring manual handling.
Building a Dynamic Operation with ASRS and Warehouse Optimization
Categories: Warehouse Management System
ASRS optimize space and automate high-volume handling, but integrating with optimization software boosts flexibility and overall warehouse efficiency.
Lessons from Santa for Modern Logistics
Categories: Labor Management
When we think of Santa Claus, we often picture him laughing heartily, munching on cookies, or piloting his sleigh through a snowy night. But beyond the twinkling lights and jingling bells, Santa might just be the greatest logistics mastermind of all time.
Warehouse Workers and Robots: Tackling 3 Key Concerns
Categories: Robotics
As warehouse workers become more accustomed to working alongside robots, they may still have some fears about how automation will impact their job security.
4 Tactics to Enhance the Effectiveness of Each Associate on the Warehouse Floor
Categories: Labor Management
Explore how creating work process optimizations, using gamification as a motivational tool, deploying the latest technology, and improving training can significantly enhance associate performance and drive overall warehouse optimization.
From Aisle to Ale: How Voice Picking Speeds Up the Spirits and Sips Supply Chain
Categories: Voice Technology
The beverage industry faces ongoing challenges such as SKU proliferation, short product lifecycles, labor shortages, escalating costs, and the high expense of warehouse real estate. These factors compel the industry to constantly seek ways to enhance performance while controlling costs.
Making gamification even easier – get to know your employees
Categories: Labor Management
Gamification is more than just a concept designed to make your workplace fun. It vastly boosts productivity, engagement, and retention through the implementation of game mechanics to keep employees motivated.
One hundred billion picks – the latest milestone in a history of achievement!
Categories: Voice Technology
Last year, Lucas Systems celebrated 25 years of helping the on-floor worker work smarter. This year, we recently celebrated the milestone of one hundred BILLION picks using Jennifer, the brains, orchestration engine, and voice of our solution.
Agile processes and daily standups drive engagement for warehouse workers
Categories: Warehouse Management System
Daily Scrum, a crucial component of the Agile/Scrum process, occurs at least once a day at most warehouses. Standups serve as a short, daily synchronization meeting where team leaders and members discuss their progress and achievements, challenges, and plans.
Will Robotics and AI Replace Humans? Well…yes and no
Categories: Robotics| AI and Machine Learning
Make no mistake, robots have made significant strides over the decades in automation. After seeing endless aisles of robots at events I was still left thinking, “How practical is all of this stuff and are humans really justified in fearing this technology?”
Are you doing everything you can to attract and retain warehouse workers?
Categories: Labor Management
The retention of front-line warehouse workers is a critical challenge faced by operators. High turnover rates not only incur substantial costs for recruitment and training but also disrupt operational efficiency.
