Case Study UVeritech Inc. Partners with Flex Logistics to distribute “State of the Art” Counterfeit Detection Devices
Situation
UVeritech is the leading supplier of high-quality counterfeit detection and ID verification equipment to the loss prevention industry. UVeritech’s fraud verification system is fast, efficient and cost effective as evidenced by the fact that over recent years they have shipped over 400,000 units of the UV-16 to companies such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, …Read More
3D printers are changing the way the world uses logistics
It’s no secret that transportation and delivery costs are a large part of manufacturing. While factories can work to reduce costs and create tight relationships to streamline their suppliers and customers, 3D printing options work to reduce the burden of delivery. By stationing local manufacturing centers in strategic markets the supply chain length is reduced …Read More
Transparency, honesty help set expectations when supply chains are disrupted
The children’s card game of “Go Fish” is a great guessing game, but not when you are running a global supply chain in the face of increasing congestion and delays.
It’s a great game to play with your kids, but bad to play with your 3PL partners.
Our clients are acutely aware of what is happening at …Read More
Documenting processes benefits everyone.
Over the past few weeks, the health concern in the news has brought to light how documenting processes and procedures for things is critical for all involved.
While certainly not drawing a parallel to the matters of life and death facing professionals on the front lines of public health, it does show how having instructions helps people do things …Read More
It all starts with asking…"Why"?
People in medicine are trained to treat the cause, not the symptoms. Prescribing drugs for abdominal pain in lieu of removing an inflamed appendix is not how a good doctor should treat a patient. Yes, they’re hurting, but why are they hurting?
The same is true throughout business.
Why did ‘x’ not happen?
Accepting a service failure “just because” …Read More
Three reasons to use EDI through the supply chain.
The greatest waste of time in business today is having to manually key data that resides in one system into another. Flex Logistics fights inefficiency at every turn (see our last post on our efforts towards lean / 5S) and prefers to share information with our customers via Electronic Data Interchange (or EDI). With this in …Read More
Flex Logistics Continually Implementing Lean / 5S Methodology to Better Ourselves
Flex Logistics has embarked on the goal of doing the best we can to be lean, efficient and productive for our clients while respecting our employees and each other. There are many great lessons to be learned from manufacturing habits and processes developed by Japanese companies that can be deployed in other arenas, including our …Read More
E-commerce Takes Time to Ship – Here’s Why.
Without a doubt, several companies have driven major advances in e-commerce fulfillment, warehouse handling, distribution and shipping. The first is Wal-Mart who has innovated and found savings throughout the supply chain through technology and efficiencies (and chargebacks, just ask the people who sell to them). The second is Seattle-based Amazon, whose formerly $79 (now $99) …Read More
Warehouse operator liability for goods in our facility.
Every year our insurance provider reviews our policy and our business for substantive changes that would impact the policy we carry and what they are underwriting.
As part of this year’s review, they provided a handy reminder for us about our responsibilities and liabilities, as well as the rights of our customers for the goods we …Read More
The importance of visibility with your 3PL
When you were a kid, going on a scavenger hunt to find things was lots of fun. As an adult, especially when you’re trying to do your job, hunting for things takes time. Similarly, navigating a maze, along with your other responsibilities, is not something your schedule allows.
This becomes especially acute when it comes to …Read More