Seminar Coverage: What to Consider When Redesigning Your DC for E-Commerce Fulfillment
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By DC Velocity Staff
As e-commerce grows, many companies are finding that they need to redesign their distribution centers to more efficiently and effectively handle larger numbers of orders with a small number of line items. But what is the best design solution for these types of operations? Manual? Semi-automated? Or the installation of a fully automated system?
During an educational session at the ProMatDX 2021 digital trade show, representatives from the material handling systems integrator Kuecker Logistics Group walked attendees through a case study that presented the high-level considerations that should be factored into making such a decision.
“Data is the foundation of any [DC] design decision,” said Daryl Bush, director of supply chain services.
Some of the data needed to make this decision include (but are not limited to):
• Size of the products
• Number of e-commerce orders per week
• Number of e-commerce orders per week during peak season
• Total lines shipped per week during peak season
• Number of stock-keeping units (SKUs)
• Number of items stored in inventory
• Number of shifts
Thank you to DC Velocity for providing coverage of this session.This presentation will be available on demand at promatshow.com to registered attendees on April 19, 2021.
