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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Chuck's Corner....Advice from our efficiency expert.


TRAFFIC JAMS ARE EXPENSIVE!!!!
I don’t know many people who enjoy sitting in traffic.  We are either anxious to get to work, or to get home after a long day.  Why is it that we can develop a tolerance for unnecessary traffic on our loading docks?  The “conventional wisdom” is that if we throw more labor at a problem, it gets done more quickly.  Not so!  Take a look at the picture below.  How utilized would you guess this labor team is?  50%?  40%?
Rule of thumb:  Keep a load team to 2 to 3 people per door.  In an RDC, if you assign 4 or more to the Load Team, load multiple doors simultaneously.


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