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Measuring Up
We’ve had a summer of glorious cars paraded at the likes of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace and Monterey Car week in California, each showcasing the latest technologies alongside reminders of historic engineering excellence and innovation, it’s clear that iconic brands Ferrari, Aston Martin, Ford, Mercedes Benz and Alfa Romeo […]
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Why reward schemes for warehouse workers work!
Bonus schemes for hourly paid workers aren’t a new concept, yet surprisingly, despite labour and skills shortages being a longstanding headache for the sector, employee reward schemes have previously not seemed popular across the industry. In the first of a two-part blog, Dave Morris, Operations Director at Vitesse® explains the importance of introducing incentives and […]
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Time to get data savvy
For businesses, data is the new oil – and most are in a ‘rush’ to ensure they capture a complete picture of their business operations in order to continually improve and plan ahead. But the trouble is, there is so much data. New job functions and new departments are springing up to manage data, which […]
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The Dark Art of Forecasting
Suddenly we are beyond the halfway point in the year. Peak planning will be underway, or nearing completion, in many operations and most will be wrestling with the knotty problem of producing a reasonably accurate forecast. Forecasting is all about eliminating surprises, but it is no easy task when outcomes are influenced by so many […]
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How Vitesse Works – An Introduction
Bringing Fairness & Reward to the Workplace Understanding how and where employees are spending their time in the warehouse is essential to the bottom-line. Dave Morris, Operations Director at Vitesse, explains the revolutionary approach of its cloud-based productivity software to define these parameters in a way that recognises and rewards employees. Measuring warehouse output by […]
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