Do a search through any online news aggregator and you will find hundreds of stories related to how Generation Y is changing the rules of the workplace. Stories about how they don’t stay with the same company for long periods, how they don’t want to come in at the entry level but start with responsibility,…
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Common Sense Forgotten
How many times have you come across a situation where there is a process and set of procedures in place that seem to run completely opposite of common sense? It happens far too often in business that good intentions run awry. Tracing backward in time it is easy to find the events and rational decisions…
Giving Away Your Thoughts
One of the biggest arguments people make against company blogs is that it seems like the equivalent of giving away our intellectual advantage. If we tell people what we think and how we do things what is to keep them from simply doing it themselves? It’s a valid question that is worth deeper examination. It’s…
Benchmarking
The year has only just begun but there is already a new hot topic that is flying around among our clients and it will probably be one of our focuses for the year: benchmarking. Interest in this topic is being driven by clients trying to get a handle on what they are doing right, what…
Automation vs. Manual
There are a lot of conveyor salesman that like to hoover around warehouses. They love to tout the productivity improvements that can be gained by installing their products. Throw in a nice little shoe sorter and you’ll be able to take 4 people out of your shipping process! Add in a Pick-to-Light forward pick zone…
RF Strategies
The most popular post on this blog is Warehouse RF Network. If you do a Google search for Warehouse RF it is the number 2 result. How we got to that spot I’m not sure, but there we are. A lot of the organic traffic that we get comes in through that post. Looking at…
Time Makes All Things Better
I’ve recently been buried in project work and have not had the time to update this blog as regularly as I’d promised myself that I would. A funny thing has happened in the time that I’ve been away though. Traffic has actually increased since I’ve been gone. Organic hits from Google, Yahoo and AOL have…
Environmental Outlook
The environment is one of those issues that has been around since earliest memory. Recently it has been given elevated status in the view of the world. It is now important to be environmentally conscious no matter who you are, what business you are in or what you sell. Utility companies have increased demand for…
Market Share versus Profit Motivations
Techdirt recently ran a comment on an article critiquing an article called “Wharton Prof Debunks Market Share Myth.” The comment and article got me thinking about the way different companies approach development and strategy of new products. I think the focus of the article is more on the R&D side of the business as opposed…
The Joys of Risk
Taking risks is one of those things in life that can really get the adrenaline flowing and make big things happen. There is a surprisingly high number of people afraid of risks that like to follow the proven paths until they reach the end. The issue becomes that success takes risk. Anyone who avoids risk…