June 26, 2018 - DJ Products

How to Buy Equipment from the General Services Administration (GSA) Office

The GSA Assures You Are Selecting from High Quality Products

Products that meet high standards are difficult to come by unless you go through a GSA listed supplier. Various military standard equipment is sold through the GSA. They also provide listings for highly-qualified contractors, contractors who in effect have worked closely with the Department of Defense.

The GSA is a solid resource for federal agencies and the public to supply information, advisement and provides multi-billion dollar amounts of products to interested buyers. They also purchase products from small businesses.

Quality is an integral part of what the GSA facilitates. In an on-going technology-driven world, longevity in a product, through design, and premium materials are a commodity that businesses and their consumers appreciate. The GSA sells and purchases the best.

How to Buy through GSA

Whether you are with a federal agency or a public consumer, there are numerous ways you can align yourself with durable, industrial strength products and services. Besides sharing access to alphabetically organized GSA-listed supplier contacts, the GSA has compiled contract award information that can prove beneficial to your product inquiries.

Through their online ordering and shopping system, GSAAdvantage!, interested government employees can browse and compare millions of high-grade products and supplies with just a few clicks.

Similarly, DJ Products has their own selection of DoD and military products that are available to companies that prefer high-grade machinery. To save on labor costs, keep employees safe from injury, and avoid expenditures consistent with acquisition of low-quality products, DJ Products has self-propelled and remote-control machinery to meet unique buyer needs.

Keep valued staff protected and their productivity at a high level when you incorporate trusted machinery in your place of business. Buyers looking for quality use DJ Products to keep their efficiency and profits in tip-top shape.

What Is Changing the Face of Logistics in 2018?

What is Changing the Face of Logistics?

Thanks to improved efficiency and safety, battery-powered semi trailer movers from DJ Products are raising the bar on logistics productivity. What are some other major innovations and trends that have been changing the face of the logistics industry in 2018?

Blockchain Technology

Originally developed for use with digital currency Bitcoin, blockchain technology allows for open distribution of digital data without alteration or copying. Experts predict that by 2021, approximately one-quarter of major global companies will incorporate blockchain for transactional data.

Choice of Logistics Providers

In the continuing competition to offer a superior customer experience, the latest element gives buyers a choice of logistics providers to handle their shipments. While the option began last year with only a few e-commerce companies, the trend has picked up steam in 2018.

Elastic Logistics

As the term implies, elastic logistics is a means of expanding and contracting services to align more precisely with supply chain requirements at any given time. Many companies are outsourcing fleets through third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to take advantage of increased flexibility without increased costs.

Perfect Order Deliveries

Can it get any better than perfection? The numerous challenges involved in the delivery process create a daunting barrier to perfect orders, but when the goal is attained, it provides the ultimate in customer satisfaction.

Integration of Sustainability and Profitability

Carbon footprint reduction has become an essential part of operations for all businesses. Logistics companies that offer green features such as intelligent auto-routing are attractive partners for shippers looking to reduce both carbon emissions and costs.

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Tech Requires More – Old Warehouses Not Meeting the Need

Tech is Impacting Warehouses and Warehouse Operations

The supply chain and logistics industry may make use of a terminal tractor and other modern equipment, but the same can’t be said about their warehouse facilities. Statistics show that the country’s rapidly aging warehouse space is falling far short of current business needs.

Warehouse Inventory Can’t Keep Pace with Business Models

Earlier this year, global commercial real estate firm CBRE published results of their survey about the state of warehouse inventory in the U.S. While total warehouse space sits at 9.1 billion square feet, only 11 percent, or approximately one billion square feet, was built within the last 10 years.

The average age of U.S. warehouse inventory is 34 years, with another 11 percent of the total more than 50 years old. Many of these warehouses don’t meet today’s requirements, such as clearance heights of 20 feet or more, causing the spaces to become obsolete.

Not surprisingly, older warehouse inventory tends to be centered in traditional commercial hubs such as northern and central New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Boston and Philadelphia. Warehouses constructed in the last 10 years generally run three times the size of older ones, but they constitute only four percent of the national total of warehouse facilities.

What’s the Solution?

According to CBRE, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Newer warehouses are usually located near major population centers with sufficient amounts of developable land, while there are several opportunities to rebuild older warehouses in primary industrial and shipping areas.

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eCommerce Fulfillment Moves into the Traditional Warehouse

The Traditional Warehouse is Changing for eCommerce Needs

The world of eCommerce is steadily becoming an integral part of the manufacturing industry. As the influx of orders stream from eCommerce to warehouses across the nation, the need for organization and specific selection is ever increasing.

Direct-to-consumer ordering is trending upwards and manufacturers are starting to jump on board. How can you adjust your traditional methods to cater to the technological conveniences of your time? It’s time to utilize warehouse equipment that has efficiency built into their overall design.

Utilizing Quality Tools

Facilitating quality control for the individualized eCommerce orders that flood your manufacturing process is important. Efficiently designating space to eCommerce orders that require less bulk and some careful product handling can be problematic when using the wrong equipment. DJ Products has industrial material handling equipment that encourages quality results with customized warehouse equipment.

You can reduce unnecessary man hours and the repetitive motion that cripples hard-working employees. When you employ modified machinery to play your programmed “middleman,” opportunities expand. The need for space in the warehouse is not decreasing but increasing as personalized orders stemming from eCommerce grows.

Stocking Up

Automation is the new sliced bread in manufacturing. Smaller machinery and manageable amounts of inventory can be highly lucrative when managed correctly. For the many varieties of orders whether small or large, industrial-grade warehouse equipment can lighten loads, relieve safety concerns and demonstrate efficiency in any space. Efficiency equals profit.

With the explosion of eCommerce in manufacturing, there’s an increasing need for creative efficiency solutions. DJ Products has got you covered with machines like the CartCaddyLite and many others to help you and your crew successfully maneuver through the winding aisles of eCommerce. When quality products are used to solve quantity issues, profit-making is soon to follow.

Collaboration Across the Supply Chain May Combat Amazon’s Growing Dominance

Collaboration Across the Supply Chain May Combat Amazon’s Growth

As the “Amazon effect” continues to send ripples throughout today’s business landscape, manufacturers are responding by making major shifts in philosophy. In addition to state-of-the-art warehouse equipment, technology investments are also being directed toward supporting a direct-to-consumer model.

Planning and Execution: Two Sides of a Single Solution

Supply chain is a key driver in the new retail-like role of manufacturers. In JDA Software’s Intelligent Manufacturing Survey, 51 percent of respondents indicated that they are putting an emphasis on internal and external collaboration across the supply chain to accommodate consumer tastes and behaviors.

More specifically, companies need to integrate sales and operations planning (S&OP), both mid- and long-term, with sales and operations execution (S&OE) via use of a single connected technology that spans all supply chain lines. Approximately one-third of survey respondents stated their commitment to this process.

Where Does Your Company Rank on the Digital Maturity Scale?

Unfortunately, that leaves two-thirds of manufacturers who are behind the curve. According to Fred Baumann, group vice president of industry strategy at JDA, their group sees many companies that concentrate on either short-term execution or long-range planning to the exclusion of the other, thereby limiting their chances of success.

Baumann goes on to explain that supply chain digitalization has become a necessity, not a luxury. Among survey respondents, predigital and digitally mature camps each equaled 18 percent, while 35 percent expect to reach digital maturity within the next two to three years.

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Infrastructure Priorities for Supply Chain Logistics Help the Economy to Grow

End users may sometimes take supply chain functions for granted. The truth is that shippers and logistics management face congestion, bad weather and other challenges to deliver goods on time and in good condition.

Supply chain professionals invest in high-tech software and high-quality equipment such as yard trucks, but they can’t do it all by themselves. Here are five infrastructure-related priorities that should be addressed by public funding.

Congestion

Highways, rail hubs and ports in the United States are at such a high level of congestion that it’s putting our country’s shippers at a serious disadvantage with global competitors. This problem needs to be corrected so it aligns with economic growth goals.

Parking

Lack of sufficient truck parking was apparent during the stormy weather that battered the East Coast earlier this year and restricted travel on major highways. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act includes helpful provisions for building new parking areas and using existing facilities such as weigh stations.

Freight Advisory Committees

Under the FAST Act, the Department of Transportation is charged with promoting the establishment of freight advisory committees in each state. These committees would include stakeholders from the public and private sectors, enabling better communication regarding freight-related projects.

National Hiring Standards

Creating national hiring standards would eliminate confusion surrounding FMCSA credentials and help small carriers be more competitive.

Infrastructure Funding Methods

While there’s a definite need to create funding mechanisms, care should be taken to institute methods that allow collection of funds without hampering the interests of the freight companies they’re meant to help.

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Day: June 26, 2018