Supply Chain Optimization

Dealing with Warehouse Groundhog Day

 

 

First, some news bites:
  • Trucker bankruptcies are up over 300% YTD vs. the same period last year
  • Truckload freight rates overall dipped 0.1% in July – Source Cass
  • Spot rates are down 19% YoY – Source DAT

Hiring new order selectors daily is a fact of life when you have turnover – and what warehouse doesn’t have turnover?  How do you make them productive?  P&G talked about getting order selectors up-to-standard quickly in a talk to ASCM/APICs – using our AutoO2 execution software, they were able to make new hires as good as an experienced picker. The savings range from damage reduction (50%) to increased productivity (15 -20%).