Time and motion studies have shown warehouse operatives can be spending around 208 hours per year just walking to and from IT stations. 208 unproductive hours that should be better used. Time is money. If you don’t have to walk, you are saving money, 208 man-hours worth for one operative alone. Eliminate
Battery powered IT devices need careful battery management to avoid unnecessary downtime and a mobile workstation is no different. When specifying the model of workstation, we need to look at shift practices and the IT devices (printer specifically) that will be used. The shift pattern will determine the choice of battery, lead-acid
When operatives are busy in the warehouse, do you ever stop to think, “Could the time they spend walking to and from the fixed IT station to key punch data and fetch labels etc be better used?” Time is money, after all. The answer is “yes” and the “how” is to
CEO to Ops dir. “Your team keep fit running the floor”. Ops dir. “They know their targets but having to fetch the paperwork from the IT station doesn’t make it easy”. CEO “Crossing the floor all the time for labels is not best use of time”. Ops dir. “More IT stations would help
CEO to CFO & Ops dir. “Why are the overtime hours increasing every month?” Ops dir. “It started when we took on the new project, we had to reorganise the floor layout to squeeze it all in and now staff have to walk the long way round the cages to fetch
In engineering facts are either right or wrong but in sales you are dealing with people and 2 + 2 does not necessarily equal 4. Productivity In many warehouse operations operatives have to walk between the job and a fixed IT station to keypunch data and collect printed material. The time taken