Time keeping in warehouse....
Discussion
Bit of a silly one here chaps, but I cant think of a suitable solution off the top of my head (which is also suitably hungover....)
Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
russy01 said:
Bit of a silly one here chaps, but I cant think of a suitable solution off the top of my head (which is also suitably hungover....)
Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
Put someone with time management skills in the warehouse?Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
Don't you have a warehouse manager/supervisor/someone responsible who, as part of their job, has the responsibility of organising the staff so that outgoing parcels are prepared in time for collection from the respective carriers?
That's certainly more reliable and effective than fannying around with clocks and alarms.
That's certainly more reliable and effective than fannying around with clocks and alarms.
rich1231 said:
russy01 said:
Bit of a silly one here chaps, but I cant think of a suitable solution off the top of my head (which is also suitably hungover....)
Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
Put someone with time management skills in the warehouse?Anyway, online retail here. We have various courier collections every day at the same time. Before these collections parcels need to be prepped (post has to be bagged etc) for the courier...
No matter how many times I tell warehouse staff (and how many clocks we put around the place) they're always bloody forgetting or not keeping an eye on the time. So somebody in the office will typically see a Royal Mail lorry coming into the yard, they'll go out into the warehouse and surprise surprise nothing has been prepped - so its a mad rush with everybody hands on deck bagging post etc...
What I am after are some big digital clocks that I can mount high up the wall and set a 10sec alarm at specific times each day.... It sounds simple but everything I have tried/found buzzes constantly until you manually end the alarm or the alarm goes off for a few minutes (which would drive me nuts.)
Any ideas?
If I were the size of Amazon Id have warehouse floor managers who'd literally run around the place keeping on top of staff, but thats not the case.
I just want a bloody loud buzzer that goes off every day at the same time, so when they hear that buzzer they know to get their arse in gear.
I don't know of a clock that does what you're after, but can't the person from the office who goes down to tell them about the RM truck arriving just go down a little earlier - i.e at the time you'd set the alarm to go off. Should be more effective.
And also look into why they are late. What are they doing in the meantime? Are they being lazy or are they short on time?
And also look into why they are late. What are they doing in the meantime? Are they being lazy or are they short on time?
russy01 said:
Whats the point in getting a human clock which is unreliable, expensive, goes on holiday and is generally a pain in the arse. Where hopefully I can get a considerably less expensive bit of tech which is both reliable and does the job perfectly well?
If I were the size of Amazon Id have warehouse floor managers who'd literally run around the place keeping on top of staff, but thats not the case.
I just want a bloody loud buzzer that goes off every day at the same time, so when they hear that buzzer they know to get their arse in gear.
Because they need a kick up the arse. If you have to resort to a clock to nanny them to do something they are paid to do then its a slippery slope. Exert some Management they need to own the problem not you!If I were the size of Amazon Id have warehouse floor managers who'd literally run around the place keeping on top of staff, but thats not the case.
I just want a bloody loud buzzer that goes off every day at the same time, so when they hear that buzzer they know to get their arse in gear.
Decent warehouse management system that looks at the order profile against the dispatch time for the carrier, and then allocates the picking and packing tasks accordingly.
It should also have a decent set of Work In Progress analytics that show you how far behind (or otherwise) you are with the current picking job and should be able to automatically re-allocate labour to the most pressing task (i.e from receipt and putaway to pick and dispatch)via whatever type of RF device you are using
It should also provide a set of performance KPI's so you can see who's good and who's not in relation to their individual tasks and manage task interleaving (if you are off to pick this box from pick slot 12A please put this away in pick slot 13B on your way) to deliver greater labour efficiencies and reduce the walk distance/time per task
This makes the assumption that it's an operation of sufficient size to warrant such a system.
It should also have a decent set of Work In Progress analytics that show you how far behind (or otherwise) you are with the current picking job and should be able to automatically re-allocate labour to the most pressing task (i.e from receipt and putaway to pick and dispatch)via whatever type of RF device you are using
It should also provide a set of performance KPI's so you can see who's good and who's not in relation to their individual tasks and manage task interleaving (if you are off to pick this box from pick slot 12A please put this away in pick slot 13B on your way) to deliver greater labour efficiencies and reduce the walk distance/time per task
This makes the assumption that it's an operation of sufficient size to warrant such a system.
Edited by Mr Gearchange on Monday 2nd February 15:10
Edited by Mr Gearchange on Monday 2nd February 15:13
Hang on, hang on. Lets stop going on about staff here - thats not what I am asking.
Im talking warehouse here, so we're talking part time staff, agency staff, foreign staff, literally any old person doing a few hours packing parcels for bog standard money for maybe 5 days or for 5months. Theres no benefit to shouting down their throats and telling them they'll be out of a job if they dont pull their socks up - as quite frankly they just wont come in the next day.
We have a warehouse manager who keeps an overall eye on the whole operation and he is very good. However he's a busy bloke and he's not paid to go round tapping on peoples shoulders telling them to get a move on all day long...
My idea is that I have a simple buzzer that goes off every single day. Its simple, cheap and for the vast majority of staff it will be effective.
I get what you are all saying about employing people who do their job properly etc etc - I couldnt agree more and our full time staff are a well oiled machine (they dont need any buzzers). But when it comes to part time warehouse staff/labourers you cant expect the same...
Im talking warehouse here, so we're talking part time staff, agency staff, foreign staff, literally any old person doing a few hours packing parcels for bog standard money for maybe 5 days or for 5months. Theres no benefit to shouting down their throats and telling them they'll be out of a job if they dont pull their socks up - as quite frankly they just wont come in the next day.
We have a warehouse manager who keeps an overall eye on the whole operation and he is very good. However he's a busy bloke and he's not paid to go round tapping on peoples shoulders telling them to get a move on all day long...
My idea is that I have a simple buzzer that goes off every single day. Its simple, cheap and for the vast majority of staff it will be effective.
I get what you are all saying about employing people who do their job properly etc etc - I couldnt agree more and our full time staff are a well oiled machine (they dont need any buzzers). But when it comes to part time warehouse staff/labourers you cant expect the same...
Mr Gearchange said:
Decent warehouse management system that looks at the order profile against the dispatch time, and then allocated the pick/pack tasks accordingly.
It should also have a decent set of Work In Progress analytics that show you how far behind (or otherwise) you are with the current picking job and should be able to automatically re-allocate labour to the most pressing task (i.e from receipt and putaway to pick and dispatch)
will also give you a set of performance KPI's so you can see who's good and who's not in relation to their individual tasks.
This makes the assumption that it's an operation of sufficient size to warrant such a system.
On the verge, such system would be overkill at the momentIt should also have a decent set of Work In Progress analytics that show you how far behind (or otherwise) you are with the current picking job and should be able to automatically re-allocate labour to the most pressing task (i.e from receipt and putaway to pick and dispatch)
will also give you a set of performance KPI's so you can see who's good and who's not in relation to their individual tasks.
This makes the assumption that it's an operation of sufficient size to warrant such a system.
Edited by Mr Gearchange on Monday 2nd February 15:10
surveyor said:
Thanks a lot. I've just lost ten minutes playing all the siren sounds on that page.surveyor said:
Perfect. Just what I am after, thanks. russy01 said:
We have a warehouse manager who keeps an overall eye on the whole operation and he is very good.
He isn't. I've run warehouses from Exeter to Bathgate for Morrisons, Safeway, Ikea & The Body Shop & take it from me, he might be a good lad, but he isn't doing his job properly.Slipperyfish said:
russy01 said:
We have a warehouse manager who keeps an overall eye on the whole operation and he is very good.
He isn't. I've run warehouses from Exeter to Bathgate for Morrisons, Safeway, Ikea & The Body Shop & take it from me, he might be a good lad, but he isn't doing his job properly.If he's got the time to do it and isn't doing it he's a bad manager, and if he doesn't have time to do it because he spends all day generating reports about how many courier collections he's missed then his manager is a bad manager.
Ok well let's leave it there. You don't know the in's and out's of the business or my staff structure, so I find it hard to see how you can form such a strong opinion when making many assumptions in your mind....
Anyway I'm not willing to give more information on the web, so I thank you for your interest and input on the thread.
As for the buzzer I have found a suitable system and will evaluate whether this is a goer.
Cheers
Anyway I'm not willing to give more information on the web, so I thank you for your interest and input on the thread.
As for the buzzer I have found a suitable system and will evaluate whether this is a goer.
Cheers
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