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Over a decade after the DSCSA was passed to enhance patient safety and supply chain integrity, its full enforcement, including stringent electronic traceability requirements for pharmaceuticals, is set to begin on November 27, 2024 ..read more

Rents are rising, putting warehouse space at a premium. You simply can’t afford to be wasting your warehouse space with poor putaway and pick practices. This article will explain the fundamentals of an effective warehouse management system, including what a warehouse management system is, the benefits of using an optimized solution and touch on the associated costs of running a modern, digital warehouse management system ..read more

Warehouse Management Systems, or WMS, is a very mature well-known category of supply chain software. The first WMS  -  defined as inventory management using real-time mobile data collection terminals (i.e, RF) was first adopted in 1975., and now manages operations in thousands if not tens of thousands of distribution center worldwide ..read more

In the face of efulfillment and other pressures, companies are increasingly turning to “Put Wall” systems to reduce order picking costs and increase throughput.  What is a Put Wall? A Put Wall is a fulfillment system that uses a physical structure to create a series of “cubbie holes” or slots into which products for customers order are placed, or “put”, after picking, with each slot holding items for all or part of an individual customer order.   ..read more

One of the core concepts relative to Warehouse Management Systems is that of “directed putaway.” While many logistics professionals are very familiar with this topic, it is clear from conversations with many companies that others don’t really have all the details – and that quite a few lack directed putaway capabilities with whatever software system they are currently using to run their distribution center ..read more

Zoning is one of the fundamental concepts in Warehouse Management from both a software and operating perspective. In general, it involves grouping some set of individual storage locations of all types into defined zones that can be used by the WMS to improve operational effectiveness and precision ..read more