25. Reduce waste steps
Check your process to determine what can be improved. Minimize product contact, reduce wasteful steps, and redistribute resources, employees, and steps to get more efficient results.
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26. Paperless
No one wants to manage paper checklists anymore—tiring, old-fashioned and error-prone. Reduce or eliminate paper as much as possible, and technology helps to achieve environmentally friendly work.
27. Scan code
Barcodes are efficiency codes. Using a barcode scanner to pick/place quickly and accurately can eliminate many errors and is efficient. In the picking process, simple scanning is used to confirm the items, ensuring the accuracy of the order from the beginning.
28. Label
Integrating label printers into bags and label parts can improve inventory and order accuracy. Parts can be marked with part number, batch number, and serial number. Consider bagging and marking parts to track inventory throughout the life cycle and make returns easier.
29. Picture
Use the part picture database to improve the picking accuracy. Identify items by photos instead of alphanumeric part numbers or part names. This will improve picking accuracy, reduce wrong choices and make everyone's life easier.
30. Do you have a serial number?
In the entire receiving, inventory and picking process, track high-priced or sensitive items by serial number, batch and batch number.
31. Smart Software
Click the smart software to automatically maximize the warehouse density. As the business grows and products continue to develop, inventory will continue to expand. By changing the inventory configuration, achieving maximum density in each storage unit is critical. Randomize the storage location to make full use of the storage space (using the automatic "tray random play" in VLM).
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32. Monitoring and maintenance facilities
It is in your best interest to implement the facility maintenance plan recommended by the supplier. Maintain your equipment and keep your facilities in normal working order, thereby reducing or eliminating unplanned downtime. Usually, the extended warranty is worthwhile.
33. Keep spare parts
Please keep spare parts to prevent malfunctions. This should allow for quick fixes, allowing you to resume operations immediately, reducing unplanned downtime.
34. Keep learning
Conduct process review and reflection on your material handling and picking operations every year to ensure that your process is in the best condition. Think, is there a process that can adjust efficiency? Are there any software modules that you can access but not use? Make sure you get the full value from your investment!
35. Follow expert advice
Technical experts keep abreast of changes in the technology you use in your operations. Evaluating the additional benefits of technology throughout the life cycle of the equipment can further increase your efficiency.
