Ever since the silent movie days of the 1920s, mankind has feared the coming of the robot. Science fiction writers and futurists have predicted that we will woe the day that machines that do job tasks were invented. They say that the future of mankind is to be slaves to machines or that we will … Read more
If you’ve been involved in business for any length of time, then you probably have heard of the 80/20 rule. What it means is that in anything a few (20%) is crucial and many (80 percent) is trivial. Business managers would interpret this as 20 percent of the work eats up 80 percent of time … Read more
Warehouses are more commonly found in suburban or rural areas because they can be so massive and they attract an overabundance of giant trucks. However, Amazon has another idea. Focusing more on delivering orders within hours instead of days, Amazon has put a warehouse in the middle of downtown New York City right across the … Read more
If you inspire to be a warehouse manager, then you need to understand what current managers already know. Things change rapidly and you need to adapt your management operation if you want to keep up. From the type of products you store and ship, to the type of software you use to streamline your operation, … Read more
There are such a wide variety of issues on which a warehouse manager must focus. The fact that managers have to wear so many different hats in the day-to-day grind of coping with so many potential problems may be intimidating to some, for a good manager it’s a walk in the park. Elements on which … Read more
Managers at the German staircase company Krieger Treppen GmbH had a problem. Workers were unable to lift the wooden planks weighing up to 353 pounds in order to carve them into staircase steps. So the company turned to the North Carolina-based FIPA Inc. to design, build and install a custom material handling solution that allowed … Read more
Some warehouses in the United States have been given the assignment to store chemicals that can be considered hazardous if not properly handled. This includes chemicals that are nonthreatening, but have the potential to become hazardous under specific conditions. Obviously, warehouse personnel should take steps to assure that these materials are stored properly, that they … Read more
Warehouse managers may be taking their employees fore granted, especially those who perform tasks involved with material handling. Sure they have access to such things as forklifts, pallet jacks, lift tables, hand trucks, carts, motorized hand trucks, hoists, etc., but there are times during the day when the worker himself must carry containers, put containers … Read more
Let’s keep in mind that a warehouse has a dual purpose. As orders go out, returns come in and a warehouse must be able to accommodate both. If a warehouse manager were to visit the return area of the warehouse, he would probably see a large number of open cartons holding many different SKUs that … Read more
The most important, if not one of the most important jobs of a warehouse manager or human resources director is to hire forklift drivers. It is essential that people with the proper skills and appropriate experience is considered and ultimately selected for the job. The process of finding a competent forklift driver involves three elements … Read more
