It all starts with asking…"Why"?
People in medicine are trained to treat the cause, not the symptoms. Prescribing drugs for abdominal pain in lieu of removing an inflamed appendix is not how a good doctor should treat a patient. Yes, they’re hurting, but why are they hurting?
The same is true throughout business.
Why did ‘x’ not happen?
Accepting a service failure “just because” …Read More
Three reasons to use EDI through the supply chain.
The greatest waste of time in business today is having to manually key data that resides in one system into another. Flex Logistics fights inefficiency at every turn (see our last post on our efforts towards lean / 5S) and prefers to share information with our customers via Electronic Data Interchange (or EDI). With this in …Read More
Flex Logistics Continually Implementing Lean / 5S Methodology to Better Ourselves
Flex Logistics has embarked on the goal of doing the best we can to be lean, efficient and productive for our clients while respecting our employees and each other. There are many great lessons to be learned from manufacturing habits and processes developed by Japanese companies that can be deployed in other arenas, including our …Read More
E-commerce Takes Time to Ship – Here’s Why.
Without a doubt, several companies have driven major advances in e-commerce fulfillment, warehouse handling, distribution and shipping. The first is Wal-Mart who has innovated and found savings throughout the supply chain through technology and efficiencies (and chargebacks, just ask the people who sell to them). The second is Seattle-based Amazon, whose formerly $79 (now $99) …Read More
Warehouse operator liability for goods in our facility.
Every year our insurance provider reviews our policy and our business for substantive changes that would impact the policy we carry and what they are underwriting.
As part of this year’s review, they provided a handy reminder for us about our responsibilities and liabilities, as well as the rights of our customers for the goods we …Read More
The importance of visibility with your 3PL
When you were a kid, going on a scavenger hunt to find things was lots of fun. As an adult, especially when you’re trying to do your job, hunting for things takes time. Similarly, navigating a maze, along with your other responsibilities, is not something your schedule allows.
This becomes especially acute when it comes to …Read More
We audit ourselves to be a better food grade warehouse for our customers.
Vegetable oils and supplement ingredients in racking.
At FLEX Logistics, we work hard on behalf of a diverse client roster that includes more than sixty clients utilizing our more than two hundred thousand square feet of warehouse.
In order to protect their interest and business, we want to make sure that we are taking all the necessary steps …Read More
Food Storage Warehouses and Our Additional Scrutiny
Warehouses are hives of activity with cargo constantly arriving, departing, remaining and being handled, repacked or manufactured into new products. Warehouses which handle general cargo certainly are focused on safety, speed, automation and offering competitive pricing to people who use their warehouse.
As a food storage and handling warehouse, Flex Logistics has to be all that and …Read More
What You Need To Know About Food Grade Warehousing
Ingredients and Supplement Products Must Be Stored in a Food Grade Facility
Companies that store and distribute food products must go through programs and implement procedures that most warehouses may overlook. Although the food business can be lucrative and rewarding, following all of the special requirements to ensure your food handling business is in compliance can …Read More
3PL Cost Breakdown Series: Part 3 of 3
Hourly Labor and Additional Costs
Warehouseman Labor may include special labeling and kitting.
In the first two parts of our 3PL Cost Breakdown, we presented warehousing cost structures for storage and handling. These two functions cover the scope of what the industry would view as standard warehousing functions. However, when working with third party logistics providers it …Read More