Distribution Center Automation Considerations Provided by TriFactor, a Florida Material Handling Systems Integrator

LAKELAND, Fla., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- So you aren't Walmart or Dell and you don't have at your disposal some of the world's most advanced supply chain infrastructures with multiple highly automated distribution centers and an inventory and order tracking system that can identify where every single widget you store and sell is located in real time.  In fact, you are the exact opposite.  You have a single warehouse or maybe a couple warehouses and although you are doing the exact same processes and systems that allowed your business to grow in the past, you seem to end your days scratching your head saying to yourself 'why was today so difficult?'

One of the great benefits of being a material handling systems integrator is that our company gets to go inside so many other businesses, learn about their operations, listen to their struggles and ultimately recommend and implement new methods to operate.  Although every distribution center is unique, even when they are distribution centers for the same company, the bottom line is that no matter what business or industry they are in, they all pretty much accomplish the same mission: deliver goods quickly, accurately and at the lowest cost possible.  Because no matter how much distribution center managers hate to admit it, their business adds zero value to the product.  In fact, they can only take away value by not fulfilling the mission effectively.  

So if you have found that you have been fortunate enough to grow your business using traditional manual processes but you are at a point where it just seems like it is harder than it used to be, here are five signs that would indicate you should consider taking that next step in your business growth by implementing some automation in your operations:

Number 1, Your Cost Per Unit Shipped is Going Up.  If any indicator could actually slap you in the face, it would be this one.  Additionally, this one is extremely easy to determine and can be done so as long as there is some type of fluctuation in shipments, whether up or down.  

To view the full white paper by John T. Phelan, Jr., P.E. of TriFactor, LLC (www.trifactor.com), please visit http://www.trifactor.com/Material-Handling-White-Papers/Top-Five-Signs-that-Indicate-Material-Handling-Automation-Should-be-Considered  

CONTACT: Stefanie Poe, Marketing Coordinator, TriFactor, LLC, +1-863-577-2233, [email protected]

SOURCE TriFactor, LLC

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