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More than 80 percent of domestic Fortune 500 companies outsource their logistics operations and most expect to use third party logistics providers more in the upcoming years, according to the University of Tennessee study sponsored by Kenco. 3PLs have widely increased in the last quarter century the only issue is that firms aren’t using 3PLS to their full advantage since they don’t do much research into the company there partnering with. The advantage 3PL companies have with their customers are....

Many people believe that machines can take jobs away from people but in Japan they have a different outlook on it. The prime minister believes that it can help with the growth of the elderly, shrinking workforce and public dislike to immigration. So far the country has spent 5.5 billion dollars on robots for their power house. The robots can pick up to about 10,000 items per hour with almost perfect accuracy. Which is making the picking process in the warehouse so much faster and efficient.  Th....

When looking for a new warehouse, many customers overlook the benefits of using a Warehouse Technology System. These systems allow clients to easily transfer information to the warehouse without using unreliable emailing techniques. Let’s look at some ways that having technology present in the warehouse can help both clients and warehouses: In a warehouse, technology’s use is imperative in managing inventory and unit counts, not only for clients, but warehouse staff as well. Inventory tracki....

Amazon’s storage and fulfillment costs have never been cheap. This is why many companies that use Amazon as a main selling platform have sought out cost cutting ways to profit from their business. While Amazon offers an unparalleled ease of fulfilling customer orders, some may have to guess whether that is worth the expense of marked up storage fees. Currently, Amazon charges storage by the unit. While that same pricing structure will still apply for the remainder of 2016, the pricing is undo....

In the warehouse business, physical space is a huge commodity. Boxes can only stack so high. Warehouse workers struggle to sort through boxes of mixed SKUs. Order slips go missing. Inventory is unaccounted for. Customers are unhappy or stagnant. The need for organization is obvious. This is where rack storage comes in. So why are racks so important in a warehouse setting? Why is finding a way to save space just as important as the customers who fill it? Companies can spend thousands of d....

Amazon is not only a successful company, but promises success to smaller, independent companies as well. They provide the tools and the technology to allow anyone with a valued product to enter the Amazon Marketplace. Here PNPLINE has put together a few tips and tricks to make the most of your potential Amazon business ventures: Make sure that the product isn’t a BANNED brand!  Sometimes brands like Nike and Sony will tell Amazon that they don’t want anyone else to sell their products but....