http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/09/17/wms-labor-productivity-basics-task-management/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/09/17/wms-labor-productivity-basics-task-management/comment-page-1/#comment-109 BillRadcliffe Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:26:57 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1791#comment-109 Sophisticated task management is definitely a feature that separates the men from the boys in the WMS world. This kind of functionality is not simple to develop and tends to be only available in the high-end WMS solutions. Even when the features are present, the percentage of DCs that fully utilize task management is probably quite small. There's definitely a lot of low hanging fruit out there in terms of optimizing labor in warehouse operations. Nice article! Sophisticated task management is definitely a feature that separates the men from the boys in the WMS world. This kind of functionality is not simple to develop and tends to be only available in the high-end WMS solutions. Even when the features are present, the percentage of DCs that fully utilize task management is probably quite small. There’s definitely a lot of low hanging fruit out there in terms of optimizing labor in warehouse operations. Nice article!

]]> http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2009/09/17/wms-labor-productivity-basics-task-management/comment-page-1/#comment-92 scview Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:07:39 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=1791#comment-92 Nice article on tasking. I usually don't see many articles on tasking. One comment I would like to make in the context of tasking is if putaway is not done well, tasking is no good. Putaway strategy has a big impact on productivity improvement and often times clients don't spend good bit of time analyzing their putaway methodology and making improvements as business grows and needs change. If product is not in the right location at the right time, even tasking may not provide the desired productivity benefits. Nice article on tasking. I usually don’t see many articles on tasking. One comment I would like to make in the context of tasking is if putaway is not done well, tasking is no good. Putaway strategy has a big impact on productivity improvement and often times clients don’t spend good bit of time analyzing their putaway methodology and making improvements as business grows and needs change. If product is not in the right location at the right time, even tasking may not provide the desired productivity benefits.

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