Our warehouse consultants recently wrote that no job should be considered done until the clean-up is finished. It was one of our tips for helping keep your warehouse clean. But this tip goes well beyond cleanliness when it comes to making your warehouse efficient. It should be an extension of a policy of finishing clean and starting clean each day. Putting this idea firmly into the [...]
RMH Systems recently held their annual company golf outing at Beaver Creek Golf Course in Grimes, Iowa. 12 teams of 4 competed in 18 holes of best ball. We held 4 pin prize contests for Longest Drive, Longest Putt, Closest to the Pin on #5 and #6 and also the top 3 teams for the day. […]
There are a lot of different types of warehouses and each of them has unique needs when it comes to warehouse equipment. As a warehouse manager, it's important to know what kind of equipment your warehouse needs in order to run most efficiently. There are no one-size-fits-all warehouse equipment solutions, and tailoring your equipment to your needs can result in greater efficiency and lower costs. [...]
How much attention are you giving ergonomics in your warehouse? Ergonomics is the process of making sure the environment your employees are working in is working for and with them, instead of against them. You hear a lot about ergonomics when it comes to office workers, particularly when it comes to their chairs and how computers are positioned. But ergonomics is just as--or maybe even [...]
A clean warehouse is a wonderful thing. It's more than just visually pleasing, too. There are actual, tangible benefits to keeping your warehouse spotless. They include: Your warehouse equipment lasts longer. When warehouse equipment is in a clean environment, it's going to last much longer than equipment in a messy warehouse. That's because there is less risk of an accident taking out the equipment, fewer [...]
Keeping the warehouse equipment in good repair is one of the main priorities of a warehouse manager, and at the top of that list is pallet rack repair. Proper pallet rack repair is vital to the safety and efficiency of your warehouse. When pallet racks are damaged by merchandise, machinery, or simple human error, that damage needs to be fixed as soon as possible. Whether [...]
Our warehouse consultants recently wrote about how to reduce theft in your warehouse. It's a huge problem for a lot of warehouses and distribution centers and ends up costing American businesses billions of dollars every year. One strategy that we didn't cover in our previous blog involves taking a more personal approach to theft reduction. It involves getting to know more about why your employees are [...]
Is theft an issue in your warehouse? It is for many warehouses across the United States. It isn't organized crime or local heists that are the main contributor to the theft issue, either; employee theft is actually the most common. It's estimated that cargo theft costs U.S. businesses more than $30 billion each year. That's a lot of product walking out your warehouse door. It's [...]
Pictured above (left to right): Todd Maxwell, Craig Howard, Kent Grandgenett and George Janikowski RMH Systems recently received the 'Million Dollar Award' from Avery Weigh-Tronix. To qualify for this award, distributors must achieve more than $1 million in sales revenue in 2016. George Janikowski, Regional Sales Manager at Avery Weigh-Tronix, stopped by to give this award to Todd Maxwell (COO) Craig Howard (Scales General [...]
Making your warehouse more comfortable for your workers is an investment in the productivity of your warehouse. That's because the happier and more comfortable a worker is on the job, the harder they are going to work and the more productive they are going to be. If you've ever been on the job with a headache, sore back, or aching knees, you know how those [...]
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