Servicing SMEs Throughout Atlantic Canada
When it comes to warehousing and storage, many people think of these functions as a necessary but added cost centre that cannot be avoided. And although in most cases they are indeed essential to growing an organization’s business that is not always the case. Think of the added cost of a two-stage distribution system. Are…
During a recent academic class I was participating in, a discussion took place regarding differences between traditional manufacturing systems, just-in-time inventory systems, and stockless inventory systems. This discussion was focused on the idea that although companies can save money going from traditional manufacturing systems to just-in-time systems (basically by pushing the responsibility for storing materials…