Warehouse Performance Management News

Putting labor management systems (LMS) to work

We’re in an era where any tool proven to help an organization get more out of its labor force is in high demand. As organizations fight over a shrinking pool of available workers, the need for such tools has only grown.

FST Logistics Chooses Cadre Technologies and Easy Metrics to Accelerate Their Growth Strategy

3PL Implements Labor Management Software to Optimize Warehouse Operations and Increase ROI

Denver

6 Ways to Optimize Your WMS Investment

Today’s warehouse operators are moving a much higher volume of smaller orders faster than ever, continuously seeking ways to automate their processes, and searching for tools that will help them best utilize both labor and physical space.

Labor Management Systems (LMS):The new age of employee engagement

Managing labor has never been an easy task. In the months leading up to the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. companies were dealing with persistent, historically-low national unemployment rates hanging in the 3.5% range. Warehouses, distribution centers (DCs), and logistics providers were feeling the pinch of the labor shortage as their businesses expanded right along with the economy.

Six Ways LMS Can Help Ease the Labor Crunch

Long considered the go-to software platform for companies that wanted to use engineering standards to track workforce productivity, labor management systems (LMS) have found a new home in today’s tight labor market. Instead of asking industrial engineers to pore over the employee activity data and report on productivity levels generated by the LMS, the software helps companies better understand labor costs, evaluate work processes and make more informed staffing decisions.

Labor Management Systems Get “Smart”

As labor continues to hold its spot as one of the most expensive aspects of running a logistics and supply chain operation, the current labor crunch is making a costly endeavor even more difficult.

Press Release

Easy Metrics Secures $3.3 million in Series A Financing from SJF Ventures. Pioneers new business intelligence platform for employee performance metrics

Seattle, WA

Naval Academy grads raise $3.3M for business intelligence startup Easy Metrics

“Businesses have an abundance of data streams, but nobody seems to know what to do with them,” said Dorcas in a release. “When these data are fed through Easy Metrics, they reveal which employees are top performers, which are low performers, and how much it costs to complete various tasks.” He added that the tool, which is being used by several Fortune 500 companies, helps businesses define where they are making and losing money.