Logistics Process Improvement Opportunities To Reduce Cost

Resources like manpower and space freed during times of reduced market demand can be channelled to do meaningful analysis to improve productivity. Ideas to do activity profiling on product demand and locate them nearer to pick and putaway locations will help save cost. Consolidation for picking and put-away ideas are presented. Time studies to measure productivity to costing can help make charges more competitive. New services can also be offered with bundling insights into customer demand.

Efficient mobile distribution logistics solutions in Singapore  

Traditionally, ordering has always been done using pen and paper by a sales team on the ground with the retail customer. Mevo has developed an ordering solution in PDA using native computer language to enable orders to be taken online, and packed immediately by warehouse staff. Prices and customer preferences are also easily retrieved by sales person for references to further improve sales. There are also opportunities to track service levels and routing for deliveries and warehouse applications.

Integration of WMS and AIDC equipments for Process Improvement

Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) technologies range from barcodes, optical recognition and radio frequency identification systems to electronic circuits and sensors, which have been adopted at the warehouse to assist in picking and put-away processes. Couple that with a Warehouse Management System (WMS), a software that assists warehouse and distribution center users to monitor and control all their operational activities, real-life workflows can be modeled for different companies with different operational needs whose efficiency and accuracy can be improved with the most appropriate AIDC, which results in justifiable cost savings and higher throughput.

Use of chemical logistics web-portal to bridge business and regulatory requirements

Chemical logistics play a key role in chemical supply chains. Chemical logistics activities require one to clearly understand the chemical characteristics and adopt all appropriate handling procedures to ensure every safety and health consideration is not compromised. Chemical logistics service providers have to comply with all the regulatory and operational requirements in order to carry out chemical logistics activities. Knowledge and handling know-how specific to a chemical product are paramount to understanding all the operational and regulatory requirements.

A One-stop web portal allows user to search for chemical safety data sheets and direct one to all the relevant sites for regulatory information and technical competencies requirements. The ease of information search enables quick gap assessment and cut down on ambiguity of chemical handling requirements for companies lacking in chemical logistics handling experiences.

Case Study of RFID application (NEC Asia)

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enables contactless, conclusive identification of objects, allowing for automatic, real-time tracking of any given item in the supply chain. NEC, a key industry player in providing RFID solutions, will demonstrate through commercial case study on how RFID can benefit your business and the best methodologies for implementation. The past projects include ones with Singapore Cruise Centre and Asia Airfreight Terminal. Some of the key applications include Asset Management, Inventory Management, Traceability System, Integrated Security Access & Time Management and Document Tracking Systems. 

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