Warehouse accidents take both a human and financial toll. Families and colleagues depend on warehouse associates – at home and at work – so the goal is that they leave work just like they came in. When injuries occur, the direct and indirec...
Read More
Topics:
Logistics Safety
Logistics KPIs are the cockpit dashboard of our logistics operations. They tell us how we’re doing against plan and flag when things are off and need attention. We’re in an execution business; metrics speak to the quality of that execution.
Read More
Topics:
Warehouse Operations
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
As the line between web and traditional retail store fulfillment blurs, brands need to assess their fulfillment capabilities and those of their 3PL multi-channel distribution partners. Consumers prefer to be channel agnostic. They want to c...
Read More
Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Consumer Goods Logistics
It costs $8,500 dollars to replace a warehouse worker. Sound like a lot? Well, that’s actually the low end. Calculating just the direct, trackable dollars, the cost to replace one warehouse worker can reach 25% of that worker’s salary. Usi...
Read More
Topics:
Consumer Goods Logistics,
Logistics Labor Management
Kane Logistics is pleased to announce that its ownership group, Harkness Capital Partners has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell our great company to a very prestigious, global logistics company, named ID Logistics.
Read More
Topics:
KANE Company News
Jason Morin is Senior Director of Continuous Improvement and Engineering within KANE’s operations group. His 25 years of supply chain engineering and continuous improvement (CI) experience includes stints at multiple third-party logistics c...
Read More
Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
Much of the cost and complexity in CPG supply chains happens post manufacturing. Think about it. You might have one product – a potato chip – that gets packaged in dozens of ways. Historically, this final packaging has been handled as a dis...
Read More
Topics:
Consumer Goods Logistics,
Warehouse Operations,
Contract Packaging
AIB International, formerly the American Institute for Baking, was founded in 1919 to “put science to work for bakers.” Since then, AIB has grown into one of the world’s foremost training and auditing organizations on food safety, setting A...
Read More
Topics:
Food and Beverage Logistics