Right-Size Your Packaging
Sustainability efforts require a multi-faceted approach, and packaging is one big piece of the puzzle. Sustainability is becoming a core competency for many companies, and there are multiple methods to do better by the planet. Within the world of warehousing ...
How SLAM Saves on Shipping Costs
The final 100 feet of your warehouse can add up to big shipping savings. Warehouses have been scanning, labeling, applying, and manifesting (SLAM) for years. It’s just in the past decade or so, however, that companies are recognizing the cost ...
Preventing Burnout with Automation
As warehouse management continues struggling to fully staff their operations, they need to look at both causes and effects of the labor shortage. One of the big causes is burnout, coupled with mental health issues, all stemming from the dull, ...
Starting a SLAM Journey
The final 100 feet of your warehousing operations is an often-overlooked area of opportunity. But when you focus on your scanning, labeling, application, and manifesting (SLAM) of outbound customer shipments, you can find plenty of space for improvement, saving time ...
Prevent Chargebacks via SLAM Equipment
At some point in time, all warehouses will face the unfortunate reality that is a chargeback. These can originate in many parts of your facility, but errors coming out of your last 100 feet are often at fault. This makes ...
Why SLAM Should Include Dimensioning Equipment
When it comes to the final 100 feet of your operations, automation can be the name of the game to increase efficiencies. Using tools for scanning, labeling, applying and manifesting (SLAM) can help ensure your packages get to the right ...
Podcast: Data gleaned from implementing a SLAM System
In the episode, we’ll talk to Dan Hanrahan from the Numina Group and Tom Napier from PSI Engineering about the benefits of automation and how it can help your business stay competitive and grow. We’ll also discuss the different components ...
Know Your Barcode Scanners
Barcode scanning isn’t new in the warehousing or manufacturing environments. In fact, you may already have one sort or another within your facility. But if not—or if you’re considering adding more to your operations, there are three main types to ...
Handling Every Type of Packaging
Traditionally, warehousing has used corrugated boxes for shipping products. They’re easy to acquire, easy to load, seal and apply labels to, and they work well with automated scanning, labeling, applying, and manifesting (SLAM) equipment. Boxes remain a favored packaging choice ...
Best Practices for the Last 100 Feet of Fulfillment
Only about five percent of American warehouses are highly automated, and in fact, as much as 80 percent have little to no automation at all. While SLAM systems may not rate high on the wish lists of many companies’ wish ...