Rajiv Jeyachandra·1d agoEveryone Needs the Inventory Number. One Person Counts It.The buyer needs the number to place the order. The planner needs it to build the forecast. The warehouse manager needs it to hit the fill…
Rajiv Jeyachandra·1d agoThe 48 Totes That Weren’t Stolen (They Were Just Lost in Plain Sight)A 3PL I know spent three weeks last year hunting for 48 reusable totes. Sixty bucks each. Not stolen.
Rajiv Jeyachandra·6d agoYour Pickers Aren’t Slow. They’re Making Too Many Decisions.Speed and accuracy feel like opposites on the pick floor. They aren’t. They’re usually failing for the same root cause.
Andrew Miller·Nov 3USA 250 Series 40: Automatic Packaging MachineryBy the mid-1890s factories used machines that automatically filled, weighed, and closed packages of grain, flour, tobacco, and similar bulk…
Rajiv Jeyachandra·Oct 29I’ve Never Met a Lazy Inventory TeamI’ve never met a lazy inventory team. Not once.
Rajiv Jeyachandra·Oct 29Your Warehouse Is 99% Accurate at Every Step. You’re Still Losing 7%.A warehouse running 99% accuracy at receiving, putaway, picking, and packing sounds pretty tight. Four steps, four nines. Feels like a…
Rajiv Jeyachandra·Oct 29Your Warehouse Has a Plan for Selling More. Not for Counting More.Most companies have a plan for selling more. Almost none of them have a plan for counting more.
Dwi Arif·Oct 26What If Every Warehouse System Suddenly Went Offline for 24 Hours?What would happen if every warehouse system suddenly stopped working? The ERP system becomes inaccessible, the Warehouse Management System…
Rajiv Jeyachandra·Oct 25A Robotic Forklift Won’t Save a Chaotic Receiving DockA robotic forklift will not save you if your receiving dock runs four lanes wide with irregular pallet drops, mixed load heights, and a…
Rajiv Jeyachandra·Oct 25How a Five-Unit Count Error Triggered a 200-Unit Purchase OrderFive units. That’s the gap between what was physically on the shelf and what the system said was there. Not 500. Not a whole pallet gone…
