Mouser Electronics Warehouse Tour with Grant Imahara  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: DTJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 10:50:03 am
content: Not sure if this has been posted by others, if so please delete.sort of interesting:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=166&v=G3V5Oi9fdr4

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 11:25:51 am
content: What I find amazing about Mouser is the fact that I can get parts faster and cheaper from the USA to Germany, than ordering and shipping it inside of Germany.

author: ebclr
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 12:03:28 pm
content: Mouser is great, much better than the horrible digikey

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 12:13:49 pm
content: If I had to write a paper on world class practices in Logistics/Operations management I'd choose Mouser, they are simply amazing.

author: PartialDischarge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 04:27:10 pm
content: Just watched the video and they work as I expected. No single person collects an order, its a distributed system where people all over the warehouse pack and label items close to where they are, those items belong to different POs. Bags of packed and labeled items are then routed to a place (not shown in the video) where label scanners filter items according to PO, and physically gather all the lines of one PO. Once all the lines are fullfilled, boxes are closed and shippedIt takes for example a great effort in inventory accuracy, imagine if you ordered one item which the web page says 'in stock' and the they send you an email saying hey we dont have it

author: rfbroadband
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 06, 2016, 05:35:38 am
content: I love Mouser, I live in Texas, Mouser has a ware house in TX. I order by 5pm and with FedEx ground, I receive the parts the next day, always!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 06, 2016, 06:52:52 am
content: Not nearly as comprehensive a tour as I hoped it would be

author: b_force
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2016, 12:47:18 pm
content: Agree, it's a lot of drama, but they barely show anything.I also don't understand how inefficient they work actually.I mean, they got reels. The whole idea of reels is to use them in automated processes.Why would you count everything by hand?

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2016, 03:23:39 pm
content: Quote from: ebclr on July 28, 2016, 12:03:28 pmDigiKey has better parameteric search IMO.

author: b_force
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 06, 2016, 03:46:34 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on August 06, 2016, 03:23:39 pmBest search of all.@MasterTechI am aware how these kind of companies work. But I have seen much more in depth videos.This is really about nothing. Sorry, but IMO bad documentation.There is no secret in what kind of machines they have.Watch for instance EEVblog #684, same idea (different field), better quality movie.And why bother doing things by hand? Even if it's about 1-10 pieces.It simply doesn't make any sense. If you have the systems for it, just let them spit out any kind of numbers.Completely automated process. You just need a bunch of operators checking the machines every now and than.Nothing new about that.