Posts Tagged ‘Warehouse’
Are you a warehouse operations manager? Do you want to increase productivity and decrease operations costs? Warehouse management is very challenging and if you are looking to stay on the cutting edge of this industry your labor management is one of the most important roles in you warehouse operations. There are many ways to micromanage your warehouse to get the most out of it and bottom line increase your bonus and maintain rapport with your superiors. Do you want to be the leader of your warehouse and set examples for corporate to follow? Well you can if you stay focused and handle the responsibilities with the knowledge that you have learned and most important applied and be able to make changes with the new age of time. You can cut down on you hours by using temp agencies and lumper services to do duties where you own employees would cost more. Let me show you how to save money by utilizing a 3rd party lumper service or temp agency specializing in warehouse labor.
First and foremost overtime is always a big issue. By watching your overtime hours you can stay within budget. A secret that many large companies do it they use temp agencies to handle there normal employees duties before they reach overtime hours. This benefits by keeping overtime to a minimum and still being able to get the job done. By scheduling your hours around your lumper’s service hours or warehouse temp agency specialists and having them on site this can be a smooth operation and save you a ton of time and money.
Second as a warehouse most corporations don’t pay on productivity. By having a 3rd party company handling unloading, lumper services, inbound or outbound freight management you can get the most for your labor hours. 3rd party labor companies are taking over the warehouse labor management arena as they produce by paying their employees on productivity and cutting cost to a minimum. Some times this is hard to grasp as more companies are use the formal old approach of using their own employees but as times are changing many fortune 500 companies are embracing the changing face of the warehouse workforce.
Finally warehouses can have huge savings for not having to pay benefits, insurance, and other premiums that come along with using your own workforce. By using the ultimate leverage by having 3rd party companies on your side you can protect yourself in shortages of employees but also in case of a strike or walkout which could be devastating to your warehouse protect yourself. With benefits and insurance premiums on a rise it is becoming very hard to keep margins low and compete in a global workplace with companies that have more technology or leverage in the warehousing industry. Ever buck counts and by using the synergy of having 3rd party professionals backing you it makes your job so much easier.
When it is all said and done warehouse managers can have a huge benefit by teaming with lumper services and warehouse temp labor specialists to provide support and long term savings.
A recent seminar by a leading provider of integrated material handling systems, based in Lakeland, FL, helped companies evaluate if a Warehouse Management System or Warehouse Control System Technology is the right choice for their operation.
Hosted by TriFactor, LLC, distribution professionals attended the seminar, which was held in both Lakeland and Jacksonville. Presenters were Jerry List, Vice President of QC Software, Inc., who discussed Warehouse Control Systems, and Kevin Tedford, Principal with KT Consulting, LLC, who discussed Warehouse Management Systems. Topics focused on how the technology can reduce labor costs and improve both productivity and accuracy.
Tedford described how Warehouse Management Systems first took hold in the 1980s, and how many companies knew the time was right to implement a WMS into their distribution center operation when they saw delivery and labor costs start to escalate, and the need to control inventory increase. “It was the moment they first began to realize they had no control,” Tedford told the audience. “A Warehouse Management System changed all that.”
List addressed the Warehouse Control System side of the seminar by stating that companies still need to be educated on what a Warehouse Control System does. List explained how Warehouse Control Systems came into existence as Warehouse Management Systems began to take on more responsibilities, creating a gap that Warehouse Control Systems nicely filled.
“A WCS works in real time and adapts to situations on the spot,” explained List. “It is able to make a ‘last-minute decision’ based on current activity and operational status.” List commented that Warehouse Control Systems are newer and haven’t been around as long as the WMS. “Hopefully, those who chose to attend now have a better understanding of its capabilities, and what it can do to make them more productive,” said List.
“We put together the seminar in order to give attendees the knowledge they needed to make an informed decision as to the benefits of a Warehouse Management System and Warehouse Control System,” said J.J. Phelan, Chief Operating Officer for Trifactor, LLC. “Jerry and Kevin did an excellent job answering a lot of the questions that came up. Hopefully, everyone left with a little more knowledge on this important topic.”
TriFactor, LLC has extensive expertise in planning, designing and implementing innovative material and information handling solutions that shorten the order-to-delivery cycle for manufacturers and distributors.
QC Software (www.qcsoftware.com) is the leading provider of Tier 1 warehouse control systems to the warehousing and distribution industries. Since 1996, QC Software, utilizing state of the art technology combined with extensive research, development, and rigorous testing, has developed the QC Enterprise suite of products. Designed to be modular in nature, easily configurable, and platform independent, this highly scalable solution satisfies the needs of any size warehouse.
QC Software, Inc.
Jerry List
(513) 469-1424
QC Software (www.qcsoftware.com) is the leading provider of Tier 1 warehouse control systems to the warehousing and distribution industries. Since 1996, QC Software, utilizing state of the art technology combined with extensive research, development, and rigorous testing, has developed the QC Enterprise suite of products. Designed to be modular in nature, easily configurable, and platform independent, this highly scalable solution satisfies the needs of any size warehouse.
A recent seminar by a leading provider of integrated material handling systems, based in Lakeland, FL, helped companies evaluate if a Warehouse Management System or Warehouse Control System Technology is the right choice for their operation.
Hosted by TriFactor, LLC, distribution professionals attended the seminar, which was held in both Lakeland and Jacksonville. Presenters were Jerry List, Vice President of QC Software, Inc., who discussed Warehouse Control Systems, and Kevin Tedford, Principal with KT Consulting, LLC, who discussed Warehouse Management Systems. Topics focused on how the technology can reduce labor costs and improve both productivity and accuracy.
Tedford described how Warehouse Management Systems first took hold in the 1980s, and how many companies knew the time was right to implement a WMS into their distribution center operation when they saw delivery and labor costs start to escalate, and the need to control inventory increase. “It was the moment they first began to realize they had no control,” Tedford told the audience. “A Warehouse Management System changed all that.”
List addressed the Warehouse Control System side of the seminar by stating that companies still need to be educated on what a Warehouse Control System does. List explained how Warehouse Control Systems came into existence as Warehouse Management Systems began to take on more responsibilities, creating a gap that Warehouse Control Systems nicely filled.
“A WCS works in real time and adapts to situations on the spot,” explained List. “It is able to make a ‘last-minute decision’ based on current activity and operational status.” List commented that Warehouse Control Systems are newer and haven’t been around as long as the WMS. “Hopefully, those who chose to attend now have a better understanding of its capabilities, and what it can do to make them more productive,” said List.
“We put together the seminar in order to give attendees the knowledge they needed to make an informed decision as to the benefits of a Warehouse Management System and Warehouse Control System,” said J.J. Phelan, Chief Operating Officer for Trifactor, LLC. “Jerry and Kevin did an excellent job answering a lot of the questions that came up. Hopefully, everyone left with a little more knowledge on this important topic.”
TriFactor, LLC has extensive expertise in planning, designing and implementing innovative material and information handling solutions that shorten the order-to-delivery cycle for manufacturers and distributors.
QC Software, Inc.
Jerry List
(513) 469-1424