How green is your warehouse? Of course, I am not talking about painting the exterior or interior walls, floor or other sections of your warehouse green. What I am referring to is energy savings. Many new warehouses have been built with a variety of features that offer energy savings that can result in cost savings. … Read more
More than half of all consumers would be willing to pay 5% or more for the products that they order online if it means they can be delivered using environmentally-friendly trucks and delivery vans, according to the results of a new study. And 76% of consumers polled said they would be willing to wait at … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Black Friday is next week, but this year consumers are expected to be less patient with retailers both in stores and online. We’ll tell you why and share the other results of a new survey … Read more
Operators of a Florida food warehouse have found a way to make workers more accountable and significantly reduce operational costs at the same time. Like many distribution centers, Cheney Brothers uses radio-frequency scanners to track inventory in its Ocala warehouse from the moment it arrived to when it went out the door to be shipped … Read more
When an organic farm in northern California recently made the switch from wax-coated cardboard boxes to reusable plastic totes, the goal was to try to reduce its carbon footprint in order to help the environment. But the operators of Full Belly Farm ended up saving more than $14,000 per year in packaging costs. Now that’s … Read more
Warehouse managers may be taking their employees fore granted, especially those who perform tasks involved with material handling. Sure they have access to such things as forklifts, pallet jacks, lift tables, hand trucks, carts, motorized hand trucks, hoists, etc., but there are times during the day when the worker himself must carry containers, put containers … Read more
A Pennsylvania company has created a faster, easier and more reliable way to print labels directly onto packages automatically to help companies better service their e-commerce customers. FOX IV Technologies, based in Export, Pennsylvania, recently introduced its new TwinPrint and Apply label printer and applicator that takes the manual labor out of labeling packages and … Read more
Here is a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: About 90% of all companies still affix mailing labels and stuff packing slips into outbound packages manually. But now a company in Ohio has created a faster, more efficient way to get the job done … Read more
“Winter is coming,” the characters of “Game of Thrones” are fond of saying. So now’s the time to make preparations to protect your business’s decorative planters and pots from freezing temperatures and heavy snows. Replacing pots and planters can be expensive. So it’s cost-effective to take a few simple steps now so that they will … Read more
If you have recently bought any type of consumer electronics, easy-to-assemble furniture, or even a tray of drinks from your local fast food restaurant, you may have noticed something different about the packaging. Many manufacturers are moving away from the traditional molded polystyrene foam and turning to molded pulp package to keep their products safe … Read more
