January 5, 2017

Planning for Disaster, is it too late?

It is great when a process or procedure has been refined to a point where there is no excess energy exerted to achieve optimal results. This equilibrium exists in many industries, including warehousing, in large part due to advanced technology. For instance, picking procedures with wireless scanning has enabled a forklift driver’s utilization rate up to 99%. But what happens when disaster approaches and our technology and processes fail us? Power lines go down, internet goes down, a tornado rips through the server farm, or worse, damages part of your […]