Blogs
We share our knowledge and experience on warehousing, WMS and supply chain management.
Featured
How much extra throughput is left in your warehouse?
When a company grows, the warehouse eventually hits its limits. But how much more can your existing warehouse actually handle? Growing within the same infrastructure reduces your cost per unit by 17% or more.
August 2026
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Warehouse Optimization
Insights on how top warehouses perform and where opportunities lie.
- What is a Warehouse Optimization System? — What it does and where it stops (Sep 2026)
- Warehouse KPIs: what works and what does not — Research among more than a hundred companies (Sep 2026)
- Online heatmap visualizes pick activity in 2D and 3D — Visualize busy and quiet zones (Apr 2026)
- How do you break the service paradox? — More service, more dissatisfied customers? (Sep 2025)
- Lessons from four warehouses — Where do their opportunities lie? (Sep 2025)
- What leaders do differently — The difference between top 10% and the rest (Sep 2025)
- How mature is your warehouse? (Part 1) — Action plan for top performance (Jan 2024)
- How mature is your warehouse? (Part 2) — Compare with the market (Jan 2024)
- Cost discontinuities that double warehouse costs — Innocent choices, huge differences (Nov 2022)
- The 9S Principles of Agile Warehousing — Staying agile in turbulent times (Nov 2022)
WMS
From selection to implementation: how to choose and use a WMS effectively.
- AI will be a gamechanger for WMS implementations — How AI is changing the game (Mar 2026)
- How AI is changing WMS (faster than expected) — Three types of AI in warehousing (Dec 2025)
- Step-by-step guide to WMS selection — Practical guide in 10 steps (Feb 2024)
- Standard or Custom Software? — Two extremes compared (May 2016)
Trends
Market developments and their impact on warehouses.
- Virtual warehousing: the network as warehouse — Where the stock sits no longer matters (Sep 2026)
- Trends in Warehousing 2024 — What choices are logistics managers making? (Sep 2024)
- Survey SCM Software Trends 2023 — 20 cases examined (May 2023)
- Twenty years of Jeroen van den Berg Consulting — We have learned to pioneer (Jan 2022)
- Silent Revolution in Warehousing — What has changed? (Oct 2019)
Cases
Real-world examples of WMS implementations and warehouse improvements.
- Via Chassé replaces Excel with data-driven container planning — Metrica optimizes 40-60 containers per week (May 2026)
- Warehouse-in-warehouse for Wasco — Solutions for extreme situations (Nov 2021)
- Six notorious pitfalls in the Pluripharm IT debacle — Lessons from a failed ERP implementation (Aug 2018)
- Lessons from the Amazon Fulfilment Center — Unorthodox elements discovered (Mar 2016)
Podcasts
Podcasts on Warehouse Optimization.
- Highly Competitive Warehouse Management — Video series on warehouse improvement (Jan 2024)