First, some news bites:
- Trucker bankruptcies are up over 300% YTD vs. the same period last year
- Truckload freight rates overall dipped 0.1% in July – Source Cass
- Spot rates are down 19% YoY – Source DAT
Hiring new order selectors daily is a fact of life when you have turnover – and what warehouse doesn’t have turnover? How do you make them productive? P&G talked about getting order selectors up-to-standard quickly in a talk to ASCM/APICs – using our AutoO2 execution software, they were able to make new hires as good as an experienced picker. The savings range from damage reduction (50%) to increased productivity (15 -20%).