Tag: Throughput

CNBC State of Freight What the latest warehouse data is signaling about inflation and the economy Published Thu, Jan 12 2023-6:00AM EST | Updated Thu, Jan 12 2023-6:07PM EST Author: Lori Ann LaRocco

Getting Warehouses into Shipshape
CNBC State of Freight: What the latest warehouse data is signaling about inflation and the economy

CNBC’s recent “State of Freight” updates reveal “High inventory levels are limiting [warehouse] capacity, and combined with less new square footage coming into the market due to higher interest rates, are keeping prices up even as the economy slows.” Kormac has sensed those headwinds as many manufacturing leaders have recently...
Automotive Aftermarket Maximizing Throughput and Flow Kormac helped a leading manufacturer of truck caps, covers, and cargo systems to achieve: - 50% throughput improvement - 32% labor content reduction - Quality: right first time enhancement "Kormac found innovative and cost-effective solutions that improved Right First Time quality, throughput, and employee morale." - Client CEO

Automotive Aftermarket
Maximizing Throughput and Flow

A leading automotive aftermarket manufacturer was facing large impending order volumes and turned to Kormac for help in improving throughput, quality, and facility flow. Together, we developed a future vision for one-piece flow through their entire operation. Because new equipment proved cost prohibitive, Kormac and the client team sought to...
Hidden Warehouse Revealed hidden capacity in B2B warehouse for rapid B2C delivery Throughput up 593% from 3,500 packages per day to 24,270 per day with no additional labor Enhanced warehouse layout and processes for fast, cost-effective product delivery

Hidden Warehouse
Fast, Cost-Effective Product Delivery

Last week, I introduced “The Hidden Factory,” the notion that all organizations have the potential to deliver more output from existing assets. Easier said than done when demand is spiking, so here's a story of how we released capacity hidden within a bedding manufacturer’s warehouse operations. A bed-in-a-box manufacturer urgently...
Surgical Strike™ Transformed B2B warehouse to support rapid B2C delivery Throughput rose 593% from 3,500 packages per day to 24,270 per day with no additional labor Enhanced warehouse layout and processes for fast, cost-effective product delivery

Surgical Strike™
Transformed B2B warehouse to support rapid B2C delivery

Pandemic retail disruptions have prompted many manufacturers to dramatically scale up direct-to-consumer sales. Kormac recently helped a consumer packaged goods manufacturer to transform its B2B logistics operations to support rapid, cost-effective B2C delivery. With our guidance, the client improved warehouse throughput from 3,500 packages per day to 24,270 per day...