Human error and language barriers impact warehouse safety
Safety in a warehouse or manufacturing facility requires more than goals. Your software platform should be a valuable tool to relay information and improve safety, but this only works if everyone understands the language used to deliver information. It may seem impossible to translate all literature for employees facing a language barrier, but you can. Fact is, a large void in safety exists if checklists and safety compliance...
First Aid for burned-out teams
The team’s exhausted. They’re burned-out, and I am too. I don’t know if we can recover. We’ve been working at 150% for over a year – at least most of us have. More change? Really? We’ve been through three major transitions in as many months. Everyone is really on edge. I am pretty sure Susan is going to quit. Team? We work in the same building, but that’s about where it starts and stops. I’m hoping to get out of here soon. Even in the...
What’s Diversity and Inclusion without strategy?
One of the hottest topics in business today is the concept of “diversity and inclusion”. Many of the organizations we work with lament about their challenges in this area, stressing their need to “get more diverse” and struggle to build a more diverse workforce. They talk about needing “more representation of minorities” and ask about “recruitment techniques” to help bolster their ranks....
DENSO, Creator of the QR Code, reflects on the technology’s progress 25 years after its invention
A quarter century after its creation, DENSO’s invention has evolved to become an essential technology across the globe DENSO, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its invention of the QR code. The technology, a machine-readable code used for storing information, was created by DENSO-subsidiary DENSO WAVE with the goal of achieving more detailed production management at manufacturing...
Salute to Women in Material Handling ‘A Rewarding Career’
Women talk about building their careers in material handling, along with some of the latest industry challenges and opportunities on the horizon, including technology and recruitment.Lori Palmer was in the office at REB Storage Systems International during a shift when the whole team of salesmen were out, and a sales call came in. “It was about shelving at a school,” she said. It was in 1982, when women in material handling were “very...
Pay is Up. Poverty is Down. How Women are making strides
Women are making significant gains in median earnings and their poverty rates are decreasing. Yet, the wage gap between men and women remains unchanged from the previous year, as women earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men among full-time, year-round workers. Poverty rates for women continue to be higher than for men. This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018 report....
Six components of Self-Management
The office environment can be a challenging place. You have to deal with all kinds of personalities at any given time, you see things that are broken but lack the resources or influence to fix them, and, often, people who don’t understand your work are there to tell you how to do it. But we all just want to produce good results and receive acknowledgment for our effort. In an ideal world, you are in a role that plays to your strengths...
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