DC Velocity - March 2014

Metrics in the DC —Annual Workplace Study

Each year, WERC members and DC Velocity readers identify the most critical metrics used in their DCs and the updated data is published for your benchmarking efforts. Copies of the annual report will be available for all conference attendees.

Lean For Less: 11 Quick, Low-Cost Ways
to Make Your Warehouse or DC Lean

Making your warehouse or DC “leaner” doesn’t have to mean investing a lot of time and money in material handling equipment, automation, software, or layout changes. Often, Lean principles and concepts can be applied to warehouse and DC operations quickly and for little or no cost. They key is to approach your operations with an industrial engineer’s mindset: Understand where to look, what to look for, and how to implement small changes that can produce big results.

Distracted Driving in the
Transportation Sector

For many companies, the latest statistics on distracted driving indicate that it’s an issue that needs to be addressed. Best practices for combating distracted driving include effective training and a strong distracted driving policy. This session will outline practical methods for addressing the key sources of distraction by considering how to create effective training and policy, along with methods for implementing cultural change in this critical area of public safety.

Sustainable DCs, Old or New Facilities

Learn 10+ ways you can retrofit an existing facility to improve its sustainability as well as lower your operating costs and find out how to build a new sustainable building from scratch along with the cost implications of doing so. You’ll hear about actual projects implemented at Murphy Warehouse Co. and others to make the operations more sustainable and show actual cost savings numbers.

What Worked Yesterday, Won’t Work Today

Beginning with defining the four generations currently in the workforce, this session will outline how to manage the differences. Using examples of how companies have engaged their workers will illustrate how an organization can attract, manage Gen-Y workers and leverage these workers so they can rise to leadership positions rather than leave the company.

Horizontal Collaboration:
From Theory to Action

Over the past few years, horizontal collaboration in transport and logistics has transformed from a theoretical concept into a powerful method to drive cost and inefficiencies out of the supply chain. Large shippers in Europe have taken the pole position when it comes to applying this radically new business model in practice.

In this session, you will learn how horizontal collaboration can be applied to your logistics network, and what lessons can be drawn from the European experience, in order to hit the ground running in the U.S.