An inventory control system, such as the one integrated in SAP Business One, can be the solution to your problems. Through these tools, a company is able to obtain detailed reports on inventory levels, completed orders and deliveries.

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All of these capabilities make it easier for employees, from the sales level to the warehouse, to have greater visibility into the company’s line of operations. This enables the following tasks.

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Optimize processes from order to delivery

When a sale is in progress, it is easy to review inventory levels and, if sufficient stock is available, create an order through customized inventory controls.

Once the order is created, the warehouse team will receive a signal to proceed to deliver the order, to make the process much faster.

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Manage company-wide inventory 

If the warehouse manager receives an order at a certain location and that warehouse is out of stock, he will be able to check if there is another location with the needed products, or if there is a way for them to receive more merchandise before the delivery date.

Thanks to an inventory control system such as the one hosted by SAP Business One, the inventory levels and stock status of products are automatically updated.

Likewise, and if necessary, your employees will be able to track shipments that are crucial to your business.

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Access real-time reports

Members of your company will have access to real-time updates of your information. This will allow for the creation of more accurate reports that show the relationship in your inventory over time, resulting in a more informed decision-making process.

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If we add to this that the last link in the supply chain, customer service, has become more important as a driving component in the competitiveness of organizations, it is noteworthy that an integrated logistics service is needed to offer an answer to these demands. new challenges.

This has led to the emergence of different types of logistics operators, abbreviated as 1PL, 2PL, 3PL and 4PL, whose differentiation depends on the level of service offered to optimize the supply chain.

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What do each of them do?

2PL was the first stage in the evolution of this kind of operation, where organizations needed the help of another organization to complete logistics tasks, especially when they needed to cover a geographic delivery area, which usually included outsourced transportation. Services.

3PL rose to prominence after manufacturers demanded that a distributor take over storage and shipping processes in order to focus on optimizing their manufacturing processes and product quality. 3PL service is also known as outsourced logistics.

Eventually, the complexity of the markets gave way to 4PL as a more reliable and comprehensive service, including supply chain management consulting and contracting vendors for 3PL-type services to set up, store and transport cast sets.

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What are the benefits of logistics outsourcing?

The main one is to reduce operating costs through economies of scale, as well as increase productivity and quality in the service provided to the end customer.

Some other benefits are:

Don’t incur fixed costs, but manage costs as fluctuating costs based on demand and seasonality of products.

Have the most advanced technological tools to optimize routes and ensure proper monitoring of goods.

Access to innovative supply chain optimization proposals.

In addition, 3PL operators have the ability to simultaneously subcontract with a 4PL operator in the case of giant national or global projects to provide storage, inventory, distribution, reverse logistics and traceability services to other destinations.

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How to choose the right logistics operator?

The logistics service provider should be selected based on the functionality of the value it brings to the specific needs of the company, especially by valuing these resources:

Have an infrastructure that provides services to brands similar to your organization’s brands to manage the logistics operation.

Experience in the field in which your organization operates.

Ability to provide solutions (in terms of infrastructure and resources) as your business requirements increase. An extensive portfolio of consumers and permits, as well as proven security in its field of activity.

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Differences between kitting and VAS

Sometimes doubts can arise regarding kitting and VAS (Cost Added Service), the well-known process of supplying a production line.

Kitting, on the other hand, is a technique whose main objective is to streamline the assembly process to work more efficiently and immediately throughout the rest of the logistics process.

How to accommodate the equipment warehouse?

The preparation of packages or kits must be carried out through storage systems suitable for this task, only in this way will it be possible to be efficient and organized throughout the entire process. However, what properties should these storage racks have?

• Facilitate the entry of materials visibly and immediately.
• Help a good organization by referrals to optimize worker movements.

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The most suitable racks to carry out the assembly process are:

To store small parts or materials, the best organization will be through picking shelves or manual loading. They offer instant and simple accessibility and are specially designed for manual material handling where operators have the ability to easily remove products without the use of machines

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Advantages of using kitting in a warehouse

Although kitting is a process that requires a lot of involvement and organization on the part of the company and operators, once applied correctly it is really efficient and effective, providing enormous benefits throughout the process.

The specialization of workers in each position minimizes the appearance of errors in the process due to organization and categorization.

With the savings in time and administration by operators, the costs associated with the entire logistical process are considerably reduced.

This prior preparation of the packages allows the assembly process to be constant and uninterrupted.

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Is kit automation elementary?

This automation not only reduces the risk of error and optimizes inventory control, but also provides greater stability of the merchandise and reduces the time in all logistical processes.

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What is contract manufacturing?

Usually contract manufacturing is used when a company is searching for a new approach on how operates its business. It consists in the hiring of a third-party production company to provide some services of a component production, either that you use it for your product or a finished good.
 

What about the 3PL services?

That’s exactly one of the services that a contract manufacturer can provide to be a more complete ally. Logistics is one of the toughest challenges if you are administrating a business and even more when we are talking about an international company.

Well, there is one solution for making these processes and the supply chain process easier. There is a certain number of contract manufacturers that are starting to offer also a number of third-party solutions, this way you will only have to worry about your corporate decisions and not the operational.
 

What are the benefits of using a contract manufacturer?

We are going to make this one easy and quick: You will have high quality product with fewer costs than doing it by yourself. One clear example is the use of kitting in Mexico.

And some other benefits can be that you are going to cut your times in getting a product at your client’s facilities or production times, if a component is the only thing that you want the expert to manufacture and if you are looking for a JIT/JIS solution.

Its 2022, organizations that don’t start looking for viable solutions to the inflation and economic changes will start to disappear and there is no better benefit that keeping your business intact through tough times.
 

Okay, but why in Mexico?

Many companies are starting to turn their eyes at contract manufacturers and many others BPO services in Mexico because of its alignment with the contract manufacturing philosophy.

You will get an efficient, productive and cheap workforce that is also being pushed by other trade laws in order to make the imports and exports of production components and finished goods easier.

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¿Por qué usar el control de calidad de empaque?

Para asegurar  una mayor tasa de aceptación , ya que que la garantía de calidad reduce la tasa de rechazo de productos, obteniendo como mayor ventaja la reducción de costos.

Importancia del control de calidad de embalaje en las industrias.

• Industria farmacéutica

Todo lo que este directamente relacionado de forma remota con la atención medida es considerado producto farmacéutico. Este tipo de industria es productora de productos que son altamente sensibles y muchas veces peligrosos.

Los fabricantes de dichos productos entregan la responsabilidad a quien se encarga de envasarlo, ya que, este debe mantener su composición y forma, además de hacerlo llegar al consumidor previsto. Por ejemplo, un jarabe que anteriormente era envasado en vidrio hoy en día se envasa en botella PET para evitar cualquier tipo de accidente durante la transición.

• Comercio electrónico.

Contar con un buen empaque es uno de los elementos más atractivos y bien vistos de las marcas de comercio electrónico además de que esto representa la calidad del producto. La industria se encuentra un paso adelante y actualmente se ha implementado el uso de empaques flexibles y ondulados de lujo. Muchas empresas han optado por invertir en maquilas que les permiten verificar si el embalaje sobrevivirá o no a las condiciones de tránsito.

• Industria alimenticia.

En los alimentos además de buscar seguridad, higiene y frescura es importante pensar en que su presentación sea lo más agradable posible. Los estampados deben ser atractivos y que no se desvanezcan por fricción de otros materiales que se encuentren en el entorno. Los sellos no deben presentar fugaz y a su vez los empaques no deben reventar.

• Industria electrónica.

La demanda de este tipo de productos aumenta cada vez más como resultado de la invasión del mundo del internet, ya que, todo se va volviendo más inteligente.

El embalaje de dichos productos toma un papel muy importante para la seguridad del mismo. Para asegurar el producto se realizan de manera obligatoria pruebas en los envases por medio del uso de probador de aplastamiento de bordes, probador de resistencia al estallido, etc.

• Industria cosmética.

En esta industria lo principal es buscar que sea atractivo, los envases suelen ser transparentes la mayoría de las veces con la intención de que el contenido sea visible. Existen diversos y diferentes estilos de empaque como estuches de acrílico, frascos, botellas, tubos de metal, entre muchos otro más.

Generalmente suelen hacerse pruebas con la finalidad de garantizar calidad, es decir, si caen desde cierta altura la idea es que no se rompan.

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Hoy en día dentro de la industria del empaque se han presentado grandes cambios de acuerdo a las nuevas tendencias, uno de los temas que más cobran relevancia es la sostenibilidad. Es muy importante que tomes en cuenta esto, ya que, serán temas que afectarán directamente la industria.

El outsourcing en la industria del empaque se ha convertido en una tendencia más que nada global, la cual se divide principalmente en dos categorías:

• Involucra el outsourcing del proceso físico del empaque (outsourcing de producto).
• Involucra el outsourcing de servicios de empaque (outsourcing de las funciones de empaque).

¿Cómo se comenzó relacionar el outsourcing con la industria del empaque?

Comenzó hace tiempo con la introducción de los consultores de empaques, quienes eran contratados y hasta la fecha aún lo son dentro de la industria, esto se debe principalmente a sus conocimientos y amplia experiencia en el empaque.

El outsourcing de empaque ha logrado desarrollarse aún más por medio de la creación de contratistas a largo plazo y agencias contratistas, quienes comúnmente suelen funcionar para la contratación de personal para apoyar en las funciones de los departamentos de empaque dentro de las grandes empresas.

¿Te preguntas como le hacen muchas empresas para tener éxito en sus procesos de empaque?

Estas grandes empresas cuentan con una estrategia de empaque muy bien definida, al mismo tiempo que cuentan con un equipo de empaque, que se encuentra dedicando el mayor tiempo posible a este proceso y son quienes trabajan arduamente para cumplir los objetivos considerando que estos procesos suelen considerarse una función crítica en temas de mercadeo y venta de las marcas y productos. De ahí que el outsourcing sea una ampliamente reconocido dentro de la estrategia de las empresas de la industria del empaque.

¿Quieres comprender el outsourcing en las funciones de empaque?

Para lograrlo lo ideal es que analices detalladamente las ventajas y las desventajas que este aporta.

Ventajas:

• El outsourcing suministra productividad y crecimiento del producto
• Permite mayor concentración para incrementar el desarrollo de nuevos productos
• Permite incrementar el mercadeo y las ventas
• No es necesario recurrir a despidos de personal, pues es posible agregar o mover al personal que brinda el soporte dentro de las distintas funciones de empaque.

Desventajas:

• Son muy pocas las empresas que pueden justificar el costo relacionado con el uso de un proveedor de servicios de empaque altamente calificado.

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