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The Warehouse Future
Until a few years ago the warehouses were treated solely as an "undesirable cost," but increasingly become part of a comprehensive strategy for manufacturing, sales, marketing and finance. The stores represent approximately 30% of total logistics costs, and their participation has been growing in recent years. In most cases, handling operations and storage of materials represent a ...
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Logistics and technology: a double success
As a logistics professional, 've been following very closely the evolution of the use of technology and information systems as essential elements in the management of logistics processes The search for the optimization of information flows, can be observed in the definition of the Council of Logistics Management Logistic, which defines it as "the process of planning, ...
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You planned your career?
Plan the career is very important for those who want a good life being happy in what you do. Plan the career is very important for those who want a good life being happy in what you do. But what usually happens, and that is a reality of life is that we choose our professions by salary, ...
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The 7 human skills for Agile Software Development
The adoption of agile practices in software development has grown enormously since the late 90s, after Ken Schwaber Scrum has prepared and published his book [SCH01]. A simple comparison between Scrum and RUP on Google Trends shows that the search for " Scrum " is growing while the search for RUP is dropping every day. It is ...
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WMS: Advantages and Risks in Implementing
How to conduct the process of setting up and implementing a WMS tool to extract gains. Currently, the " background " in the operation of firms is constant pressure for a more efficient management of resources (material, financial and human). In this market where the search for competitiveness and productivity level of service to customers (internal and ...
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Seven Steps to Manage Your Supply Chain
A schedule of seven steps to transform its management model and generate value through the effective implementation of Supply Chain Management The concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Supply Chain Management is not new [1,2]. Various settings can be found in the literature, as well as different models of processes [3,4,5]. However, the number of successful ...
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Strategic Analysis of Distribution Channels in Brazil
Search Fundação Dom Cabral points profound changes in the transport and distribution Brazilian system The Strategic Analysis of Distribution Channels survey, conducted by the Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Dom Cabral Foundation, pointed out the main elements of strategic management of distribution of major retailers and wholesalers in the country, business channels to analyze the flow ...
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Warehouse Management
Steps of receiving, storing and forwarding an excellent warehouse management, inventory control, reducing risk, losses and depreciation of materials. The purpose of warehouse management is to analyze clearly, objectively and effectively moving inventories in warehouses, respecting the following steps: (a) receipt, (b) storage and (c) expedition. Each of these steps should be well understood, to reduce organizational ...
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Despite the adversities, women gaining ever more space
The vision and performance of women make a difference in the work routine and the big companies know this The corporate world is dynamic. With globalization, diversity agenda and pressure for results and high productivity, new concepts and methodologies of work draws attention. In recent times, ...
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5 free tools to help increase your productivity
Meet 5 tools that can and should be great allies in increasing productivity Have you ever had the impression that, with each passing day, it seems that hours decrease and increase jobs? If your answer is yes, know you are not alone. Both in organizations and in personal life, organize stopped being a luxury and became a ...