Before we review our predictions for 2019, let’s recap our predictions for 2018 and see how we did. 1. The Datafication of the Warehouse will accelerate. The explosion of data sources continues. Did it accelerate? That is debatable. It definitely increased but it is hard to say that it accelerated, so we will call this […]
WERC, the Warehouse Education and Research Council, is a really fantastic organization that has done a lot to help educate professionals in the distribution industry. Easy Metrics was fortunate to be able to present at a WERC conference back in 2014. Since then, our industry has gone through a massive transformation, and WERC invited us […]
Labor cost is among the many key metrics tracked within distribution centers – and to CFO’s, labor is one of the most important categories to control within their P&L’s. Those CFOs would likely be astonished to learn that their organizations are likely optimizing only 65% of their total labor cost, as most do not have […]
The term, “Big Data” refers to much more than large data sets. It’s an era which is changing how we work and live. The big data age causes us to ask, “how are we using our data?” not just how much of it we have. Recent advances in data technology and hardware have enabled data […]
While doing an ROI analysis for a customer this week, we discovered 50% of their total labor costs were completely ignored by their WMS. Their Warehouse Management System is from a well-known provider, and measures three critical parts of their operation: Receiving, Picking, and Shipping. Out of an average day paying 1500 labor hours, 6.7% […]
Implementing any new data system into a company is a challenge. Web 2.0/Cloud applications are turning the software industry upside down. The new tools available in software greatly simplify the on boarding process for companies now and we will see a rapid migration away from traditional “big iron” enterprise application towards best of breed Web […]
