Want the secret for reducing your distribution center’s overtime costs? Check out these key strategies in 2020
Allowing overtime hours can be a cost-effective way to increase your distribution center’s capacity to meet unexpected surges in business. However, if overused, it can become an ineffective and expensive solution that can increase your turnover, decrease your productivity and ultimately damage your bottom-line. The first step in reducing unnecessary overtime expenses is to identify […]
Moving Your Workforce from Good to Great
Essential Components for a High-Performance Workforce What does it take to build a high-performance workforce? The answer varies, depending upon your business, but establishing a high-performance workforce generally relies upon careful planning, access to real-time data, appropriate training, and accurate performance expectations. If you’re looking to improve your organization’s workforce performance, it helps to […]
5 Keys to High-Performance Coaching
Using coaching to improve distribution center performance What is Performance Coaching? Performance coaching is an ongoing process which helps build and maintain effective employee and supervisory relationships. With performance coaching, supervisors and employees work collaboratively to develop the skills and abilities of every team member in your distribution center. Successful coaching programs boost performance in […]
Labor Tracking vs. Labor Management System Systems: Making the Right Choice for Your Business
One of the hottest debates today in the supply chain industry is whether it’s better to use a labor tracking or labor management system (LMS). There are benefits and drawbacks to both, of course, and you should consider both options carefully to determine which is a better fit for your business. Limitations of labor […]
Three Steps to Improve Your Labor Management System Practices
Logistic Management editor Bridget McCrea says “as the highest expense for any warehouse or distribution center (DC) operation, labor management is essential”. But in today’s fast-paced distribution environment, everything from e-commerce demands to omni-channel fulfillment to seasonal sales fluctuations can make labor management even more challenging. McCrea says that labor management systems (LMS) offer the […]
Coaching for Success with LMS
As companies start to recover, their focus will be on matching resource needs to increase post-pandemic volume changes. An emphasis on recruiting, on-boarding and coaching new employees to meet that demand is at the heart of this effort. In support of achieving “preferred employer” status, it is essential to create effective onboarding and formal coaching […]
5 Steps for High Performance Coaching
Leveraging Incentives in Today’s Challenging Labor Market
At the beginning of 2020 unemployment was low at 3.5%, which made it extremely difficult to fill warehouse positions. Starting in mid-March, the pandemic created a short-term surplus of labor in the market which didn’t help many organizations as they were trying to shed hours with volume in decline. Now as we approach a post-pandemic […]
Why Organizations Need Effective Onboarding
During the pandemic many companies have had to lay off a significant number of employees as volume has dropped. In the coming months, many companies will start to hire as volumes start to return to normal levels. It is critical that a formal on-boarding process is used and supported by advanced tools in order to […]
