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Units per hour, or UPH, is a metric found in almost all warehouses. It’s a simple calculation of hours used divided by volume moved – it is a measure of output. UPH works as a target for employees in a production environment where there’s a standard task and no variables. […]
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Warehouse Cost Containment
Post peak reviews will have taken place by now and actions agreed to improve the next one. Service and Cost are always high on the list of topics under review – how can one be improved and the other reduced. Vitesse can help on both fronts. Vitesse reduces both direct […]
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Swings
Measuring the performance of a warehouse employee using units per hour or UPH for short, is inherently unfair. Our experience tells us about half of the effort involved in picking orders in a conventional, manual warehouse is travel – people walking. Consequently, travel has huge impact on the amount of […]
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Warehouse Cost Reduction
Most warehouses will be conducting post peak reviews and look positively at things that went well. The good operations will conduct a thorough review at things that could have been done better, a critical self appraisal. Thereafter, cost containment is the order of the day. Getting costs out of warehouses […]
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Vitesse Diet – lose £’s
It’s the time of year when people start to consider the ‘new year new you’ mantra. Many people will use a particular diet or just control their food intake, increase exercise or a combination of all with a view to losing some pounds. Vitesse can help warehouses to lose pounds […]
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New Year New Measures
In April this year employers will see the cost of employing people rise quite steeply. The national minimum wage, whilst most welcome to those receiving the increase, goes up to £12.21 for over 21’s. Paying people fairly for the work they do is only right and proper. National Insurance Contributions […]
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Cost Reduction after Peak
Reducing costs in warehouse operations will be high on the ‘must do’ lists of many supply chain executives following the peak trading period. A review of peak trading will reveal the levels of unsold inventory which equates to cash the business is holding and will want to quickly reduce. […]
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