Multi-Modal vs Voice-Directed Picking: Which Fits Your Warehouse?
Multi-modal picking blends voice, scanning and screen prompts in one workflow, while voice-directed picking runs on spoken commands alone. This guide compares the two on accuracy, speed, training and cost so you can pick the right method for your warehouse.
Blind Count Inventory: What It Is and When to Use It
A blind count is a stock count where the person counting cannot see the system's expected quantity, so they record what's physically on the shelf rather than confirming a number. This guide explains blind vs standard counts, when each is right, and how to run blind counts without drowning in recounts.
How to Calculate Job Costing: A Worked Example (Materials + Labour + Overhead)
To calculate job costing you add three things for a single job: direct materials, direct labour and a share of overhead. This post runs the full sum on a real example, shows how to build the overhead rate, and covers the estimate-versus-actual check that tells you whether the job actually made money.
Single Level vs Multi Level BOM: Which Structure Fits How You Build
A single level BOM lists only the direct components of one product; a multi level BOM breaks every sub-assembly down through all its layers. This guide shows when each fits, how sub-assemblies decide the structure, and what it means for costing and stock.
What Is a Bill of Materials? A Plain-English Guide for Growing Manufacturers
A bill of materials (BOM) is the master list of every component, sub-assembly and quantity needed to build one finished product. This guide breaks down what a BOM contains, the different types, and why an accurate one is the difference between a smooth build and a stalled production line.
Purchase Requisition Approval Workflow: Routing, Thresholds and Audit Trail That Actually Hold
A purchase requisition approval workflow decides who signs off on a spend request, in what order, and leaves a record of why. Get the routing, thresholds and audit trail right and requests stop dying in inboxes or slipping through unapproved.
How to Prevent Overselling Across Amazon, Shopify, eBay and Etsy
To prevent overselling, run every sales channel off one shared stock pool that updates in real time, add small safety buffers on your fastest movers, and stop treating each marketplace as its own separate count. This guide walks through how multichannel sellers actually stop selling stock they no longer have.
A Generix Solochain Alternative for Teams That Want Warehouse Control Without the Enterprise Weight
The best Generix Solochain alternative for a growing operation is usually not another enterprise WMS/MES, but a right-sized operations system you own. Solochain is strong software built for factories and 3PLs with deep logistics needs. If that's heavier than your warehouse actually runs, here's the middle ground.
The Connex Alternative for Sellers Who Keep Overselling Across Channels
Connex is a sync connector that pushes orders and inventory between your channels and QuickBooks. If you keep overselling anyway, the fix usually is not a better connector but one operations system where stock lives in a single place. Here is when to switch and what to switch to.