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Notes from the operations floor
What we learn implementing ERP in manufacturing and distribution — written for the people who run the process, not for procurement.
Why your stock count is wrong before you finish counting
Annual stocktakes fail for boring reasons: movements during the count, units that mean two different things, and a spreadsheet nobody locks. Here is how we set counting up so the numbers survive contact with the warehouse.
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Why your stock count is wrong before you finish counting
Annual stocktakes fail for boring reasons: movements during the count, units that mean two different things, and a spreadsheet nobody locks. Here is how we set counting up so the numbers survive contact with the warehouse.
Picking routes: the cheapest productivity win you have
Nobody needs a new building. Most floors lose an hour a day to walking order lines in the sequence they were typed.
Approval limits are a design decision, not a policy
Who can commit how much money, and what happens when they are on holiday. Get this wrong and everything routes to one person.
What we ask before connecting your accounting system
Eight questions that decide whether an integration takes a week or a quarter — worth answering before you sign anything.
Reorder points beat forecasting for most distributors
You do not need a model. You need lead times you believe and a rule that fires before the shelf is empty.
Why we do our own implementations
Handing a project to a partner network is efficient for the vendor. It is rarely efficient for the customer.
Barcodes on everything, or nothing works twice
A short field guide to labelling bins, pallets and returns so that scanning is faster than typing from day one.