Beyond Storing Goods: Warehousing Is Full-Service Logistics
The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) recently reached its 125th year. In commemoration, the American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) released an article detailing industry advancements over that time with an interview from our vice president and IWLA chairman, Rob Doyle. The History of Warehousing At its core, the warehousing industry has always received and shipped …
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How RFID Is Taking Warehousing to the Next Level
In the warehousing industry, anything that facilitates the organization and management of your inventory is a huge advantage. Things have come a long way since the pen and paper days, but maintaining an accurate and up-to-date picture of your entire operation can still be a challenge. (Remember, we have millions of square feet of storage …
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Inventory Management – Part Art – Mostly Science
We’ve talked before in this space (and we will again!) about inventory control and management. While it’s true that there’s an art to inventory management, there definitely is a science. Many companies (like us) are in business to help your company store and move inventory and help you do it – right. Years …
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Contract Packaging Services With Industry Leading Technology
Meeting the demands of various industries requires the ability to offer quality and versatile contract packaging services to clients. Commercial Warehousing has 1.2 million square feet of dry warehousing and 660 thousand square feet of temperature control warehousing available, and our ability to provide our premium packaging service extends to all industries. With Poly Pack …
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Food Producers Look to 3PLs to Combat Rising Rates
A recent article in Inbound Logistics reports that overall food costs in 2014 are expected to rise by 3.5 percent as the result of drought and changing habits in the domestic food chain. That means that food producers will either need to pass the price increase on to consumers or find alternate ways to cut …
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What Could the Future of Logistics Look Like?
That’s what the creators of the U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics – an 18 month, industry-wide project – set out to discover. More than 100 industry thought-leaders were asked a series of questions about how the supply chain industry should be preparing for the future. (Specifically in 2025, which – not to startle …
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CWI continues to invest in technology-based solutions
Commercial Warehousing, in an on-going effort to lead the supply chain industry in the area of technological advances, has recently finished a complete RF scanning install at one of our frozen distribution facilities in Winter Haven, Florida. The install included forklift mounted and hand held RF scanning equipment and they are currently testing finger scan …
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Commercial Warehousing Attends Accellos Visions 2012
Several Members of the Commercial Warehousing team recently attended Accellos Visions 2012 held in Tampa Florida. The event was designed to facilitate feedback from users of the Accellos Warehouse Management System (WMS) in regards to emerging technologies and user enhancements. The event covered a lot of ground in both areas that will keep the CWI …
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New Forklifts For Our Florida Warehouses
As a follow-up to our previous post, the Commercial Warehousing team has begun receiving their newly purchased forklifts. In an effort to improve operational capabilities and capacity at our distribution facilities, we have in increased and upgraded our forklift fleet with the addition of 30 new pieces of material handling equipment at a cost of over …
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Polk County Sheriff’s Office to Input Orders Directly into Our System
The Polk County Sheriff’s office also chose to utilize our warehouse management system (WMS) to input orders directly into our system. The Accellos 3PL software is well suited for this type of value added service for our clients to ensure a smooth and timely transfer of data while offering real-time visibility for inventory and transactions.
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