We have a problem. We spend a lot of money on training, paying endless taxes, utility bills and salaries. We spend a lot of money on Then someone drops our finished box of goods from a great height.
All that trouble and effort in squeezing the last ounce of value for money destroyed in one act of vandalism.
More to the point, why do we let it happen so often when the cost undermines what we are trying to achieve.
Now hear this. While the buyer is trying to negotiate a fractional margin improvement or the production team How to improve efficiency by another small notch and while the salesperson is trying to edge the price up in order to at least keep the product & # 39: s value in line with input costs; margins by 1 or 2 percent, a careless - or despite callous - warehouse person has just damaged the product beyond retrospective and caused 100% loss to your company.
Warehouses can be quite boring places. The production manager is in a more dynamic environment, constantly on the go, trying to keep the materials coming Ok, so it & # 39 & # 39; in the machining going, the staff working and optimum efficiency and keeping the line running and goods going out of the door. ; s not quite that glamorous, though it is probably a bit more to their liking than walking around a soulless warehouse.
Yes, the warehouse manager should be doing this, I have well ask. Surely the warehouse manager visit their warehouses, you may well ask. Perhaps one clue is the fact that the staff do indeed work in a soulless, rarely visited, and neglected part of the business.
Many companies will embrace all parts of their warehouse and logistics parts. These are often forgotten or taken for granted. Whereas most staff in more & # 39; Whereas most staff would have been been briefed on this year & # 39; s big projects and where the organization wants to go, often the warehouse person has not.
This, expensive solutions will be greatly wasted if attention is not paid to the culture and attitude first. This It means ensuring the corporate ethos is well communicated, not just in words but in spirit as well.
This is a simple pad that is fitted to the end of sharp forks on fork lift trucks. It is a wonder how such a simple idea has saved so much money. You can probably already imagine that the payback from simply blunting forks is rapid.
Different products are hidden in boxes. Often the warehouse person does not know the value of the goods nor how delicious they are. Anonymous Before embarking on a major effort to reduce damage, I would suggest you may need to embark on a major effort to take the anonymity out of the warehouse and bring them into the fold.
