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How To Avoid Same RIM Inventory Problems Fate

Posted on Sep 26, 2011 in GeneralIndustry newsProblems

Ouch. According to the Guardian newspaper in the UK, RIM, Research in Motion, apparently has inventory of $216m of its Playbooks and is having trouble shifting them. How could RIM get it so wrong? I immediately think of our ecommerce customers and their inventory. Are they less at risk because they sell the majority of [...]

How to reset Zebra ZM400 printer

How to reset Zebra ZM400 printer

Posted on Jun 28, 2011 in GeneralPrintingProblems

The steps to calibrate the Zebra ZM400 barcode label printer are: Click here to see the video guide on how to do this calibration of the Zebra ZM400. If you need help installing barcode printer labels and ribbons on your Zebra ZM400, see help video in related articles. Author: Thulasee Shan

ERP fail – this customer remains trapped, not loyal. What’s new?

Posted on Dec 31, 2010 in ERPGeneralProblemsSoftware

This month, December 2010, American ERP system provider Ross Inc. has been fined $61 million by a customer, Sunshine Mills, a pet food manufacturer that says they failed to give them what they promised. Trapped – not loyal It was claimed that the Ross ERP, “Disrupted operations across all of their plants, caused wrong products [...]

Damaged inventory prevention better as there is no cure

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 in DamagesInventory management softwareProblems

For Immediate Release: (www.peoplevox.co.uk), October 21, 2010 You should read this if you have a problem with damaged inventory in your warehouse…and would like to fix it. Damaged goods cost businesses in multiple ways – in some cases the knock-on effects can add up to more than the value of the item damaged. A damage [...]

How to barcode my locations that have no racking?

Posted on Aug 31, 2010 in Barcode systemBarcodesInventory management softwareLabellingProblems

This question is asked each week to our project team when planning or implementing an inventory management software system. One prospect recently had this issue – they make insulation (silver layer on the outside and something like fibre glass in the middle). Their warehouse holds stock up to about 50 feet high and is a [...]

Do I need multiple WMS databases for my multiple sites?

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 in ProblemsSoftwareWarehouse management system

Can a single warehouse database software cover multiple sites and locations? Quick answer: Yes. Top 3 negatives that you may hear about a single warehouse database software for your warehouse management system All of these above aretrue to for old legacy systems where functionality has been bolted on. For systems that are written in recent [...]

“Will I lose my job?” Common inventory management system objections

Who should read this? People planning on implementing an inventory management software system and would like to overcome objections from future users. Here, I list the top 3 objections you could expect from users and how I have seen companies successfully overcome them. 1. Will I lose my job? I hear this when we are [...]

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