Is Poor Performance Acceptable in a Tight Labor Market?
Is Poor Performance Acceptable in a Tight Labor Market? It’s not your imagination. Employees have more leverage in the job market than ever before, according to workplace experts. As University of Minnesota workplace researcher *Phyllis Moen notes, “This is the first time I’ve really seen the power shift to the employee.” A recent “Talent […]
Plan Today For The Labor Issues Coming To Your DC Tomorrow.
Effective workforce staffing practices can have a long-term impact on a company’s competitiveness and sustainability, especially in today’s market where labor shortage is more the norm than the exception. The issue is that planning usually is done by intra-day or weekly planning models. While very important to execution, to manage to staff optimally, you need […]
Three causes for the current labor shortages and how to navigate them with a Labor Management System System.
Labor shortages are the top threat to warehouse operations in 2022. Read on to see how you can combat them. A recent headline grabbed my attention, “America’s labor shortage is bigger than the pandemic”. For those of us working in warehousing, it certainly feels that way. Employers are raising standard pay, offering more flexible schedules and other […]
Gain back pre-pandemic performance levels and more with a Tier 1 Labor Management System System.
COVID-19 has drastically reduced the workforce by 4.5 million in November alone quitting their job. See the Labor Department’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. E-commerce demand has significantly increased, resulting in a wider variety of SKUs combined with smaller order sizes that require more people to support logistics than ever before. Order-picking has […]
Three Vital Labor Management System Components to Combat Labor and Production Issues.
Labor and performance issues can occur at any warehouse or distribution center in the world. To help workers and managers address these issues in a meaningful way, a data driven approach is needed. More than that, the approach needs to focus on relevant metrics and markers. Finally, those metrics need to be utilized by a […]
Drive Performance and Improve Planning: Five Important Warehouse Labor Metrics to Track
Distribution Centers (DCs) and warehouses run on efficiency and productivity. These two metrics can make or break profits for a typical DC, but they are not the only important ones. There are also other metrics that if not properly managed, can lead to sub-optimized processes. A study sponsored by Intermec found that an average warehouse […]
