logistics

Find the expensive time thieves in warehouse!

2017-11-052019-11-01Roberth Karlsson1 Comment

As a warehouse manager, you have many important tasks. However, a few tasks stand out. Motivate your staff is obviously important, and keeping quality at a good level. A third task is to work out an effectiveness in the warehouse. An important factor for efficiency is to standardize the tempo of all the warehouse tasks […]

It is time to raise the status of leadership in warehouse operations

2017-11-042019-11-01Roberth Karlsson2 Comments

Leadership and organizational structure is often underestimated in warehouses. It is strange given that warehouses are often large to the surface with many subdivisions and different types of flows both in and out of the warehouse. Compared to production industry, it is often more blue collars per manager in a warehouse, it is not unusual […]

Why relevant KPI is important in your warehouse

2017-11-032023-04-18Roberth Karlsson1 Comment

Measure the activity of a warehouse is crucial to evaluate if warehouse production is developing positively or negatively. Especially when it comes to costs per process. To measure the relevant activity, you need a number of KPI in warehouse production that measures the efficiency and quality. It is very important to have KPI that you […]

Avoid Sub-optimization in the warehouse, not as trendy as agile but just as important

2017-11-032020-10-15Roberth Karlsson1 Comment

Two popular words in logistics, Lean and Agile. These words are also among the first mentioned by colleagues I meet in the logistics industry when they want to explain their logistics operations. Of course, I think Lean is a good philosophy, I use it myself and it sure is good to be agile. Actually if […]

Do you have a leadership in the warehouse that is adapted to the modern approach of warehouse production?

2017-11-032019-11-01Roberth KarlssonLeave a Comment

What kind of leadership do you have in your organization at the warehouse? Is there a leadership that encourages development and innovation? Or is it a leadership that prefers “business as usual”? If you have not thought about this before, it’s time to do that regardless of where in the organization you are. It definitely […]

HR is an important asset for a successful warehouse

2017-11-032019-11-01Roberth KarlssonLeave a Comment

Unfortunately, warehouses is often given low priority when it comes to corporate allocation of HR resources. It often happens that I encounter warehouse operations without proper HR function. For some reason companies put all the resources to white collars. According to me and the experience I have, it is a big mistake. If you want […]