Utilisation of Workforce
Warehouse Automation and LMS can Collaborate
Warehouses are an expensive and essential part of the supply chain. Warehouse operators heading into peak will have the daily challenge of handling volatile volumes and perhaps even more challenging, working with inaccurate forecasts. Those two scenarios combined make space planning an art form not a science as it does too when it comes to […]
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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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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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