Employee Retention through Gamification – Part 2
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| User Experience
In this post, we’ll look at the third pillar, competition and offer a couple real world examples of its use in the warehouse and DC environment.
Employee Retention through Gamification – Part 1
Categories: User Experience
While labor woes are spurring many organizations to accelerate their efforts in exploring automation and technology, one rather interesting, and somewhat outside the norm area of technology that shows potential, and is being used by some organizations such as Amazon to enhance employee engagement and retention is gamification.
Fast Start Opportunities for AI Series – Warehouse On-Floor Travel Optimization
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| In Warehouse Travel Optimization
On-floor travel time is widely acknowledged as a key to lowering costs, especially labor, in the warehouse. According to our recent Voice of the Warehouse Worker Insights, workers spend more than a third (38%) of their day walking to different places between tasks and assignments.
Fast Start Opportunities for AI Series – Dynamic Slotting
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| Order Picking| Warehouse Management System
The practice of slotting in the warehouse refers to determining the optimal placement for every item. The understanding of slotting and its inherent advantages […]
Fast Start Opportunities for AI Series – Workflow Orchestration
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| Robotics
The warehouse and DC industry is under unprecedented and ever-evolving pressure to continue its drive toward the optimization of efficiency, accuracy and cost containment, which in turn is supercharging the exploration and implementation of automation and artificial intelligence solutions in the industry.
Fast Start Opportunities for AI Series – Rethinking Performance Management in the Warehouse
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| Uncategorized| Warehouse Management System
Whatever KPIs you choose to drive performance management in your warehouse or DC, utilizing AI can provide another “fast start” opportunity to optimize picking, replenishment, put away, receiving and more.
Fast Start Opportunities for AI Series – Workforce Planning
Categories: AI and Machine Learning| In Warehouse Travel Optimization
Workforce planning, now more than ever, is top of mind for warehouse and DC leaders as they continue to deal with the fallout of the pandemic and the downstream effects that are still being felt.
How to Seamlessly Expand Your Fulfillment Center Without Adding Square Footage
Categories: Analytics| Ecommerce| Order Picking
On a global scale, warehouse space may have never been more in demand or as scarce as we see today, thanks to the compounding effects of eCommerce growth, pandemic shutdowns, rapid manufacturing, and changing consumer habits.
Fast Start Opportunities for AI in the Warehouse – 3 Key Starting Recommendations
Categories: AI and Machine Learning
Lucas Systems recently undertook a study about the burgeoning potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the distribution center and warehouse management space.
The Ultimate Guide To Reducing Warehouse Travel
Categories: In Warehouse Travel Optimization
Labor is the single largest operating cost in most DCs, and travel often accounts for half of all labor time, especially in order picking. In […]
What is a Pick to Light System and How Does Voice Compare?
Categories: Order Picking| Voice Technology
Pick to light (or PTL) is an order picking technology for warehouses and distribution centers that utilizes lights and LEDs on racks or shelves […]
How To Improve Ecommerce Fulfillment Without Replacing Current DC Infrastructure
Categories: Ecommerce| In Warehouse Travel Optimization
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to online shopping. According to Shopify, 84% of consumers shopped online during the pandemic, causing 10 years of […]
