I’m going to keep this short and sweet-
I am looking for some feedback in regards to my current slow lane job. I am currently trying to come up with a case to present to our branch and district managers regarding sales quantity minimums.
As some of you know, I work for a wholesaler that distribute electrical products to mainly large scale commercial contractors. I work on the logistics and production/shipping side of operations. We are the largest branch that our company currently has in the entire United States, and we do the highest amount of net sales volume as well.
The problem I have come to realize over my entire four years working here, is that the amount of material that gets either lost, damaged, temporarily miss placed, or just ends up missing, is insane.
The crew of guys that pick all of our orders every day are constantly complaining about open boxes that are broken down, loose material all over the shelves, loose material that has fallen on the floor, and open boxes that are missing the quoted amount of material that should be available. All of this in turn is responsible for a sizable amount of picking errors. There are constantly errors with quantity picked and errors with material accuracy due to parts being mixed together.
I have brought this idea up in the past with previous management and was immediately shot down. I was told that there was no way we could implement a policy where a full box must be ordered. I have to believe however, that if we did have a set policy that required a customer to purchase a full quantity (in at least a majority of our SKU’s) that it would save our company from not only picking errors, shipping errors, lost and damaged product, but it would also help boost our bottom line and margins.
Am I crazy for thinking of pitching this idea? I understand that every business accounts for having losses and set backs, but I don’t understand how as a wholesaler we are constantly selling retail quantities or minimum quantities to customers. I mean, quite often we will sell $10 worth of material and spend $20 in fuel costs alone having one of our large trucks drive across town to deliver it.
What do you all think?
I am looking for some feedback in regards to my current slow lane job. I am currently trying to come up with a case to present to our branch and district managers regarding sales quantity minimums.
As some of you know, I work for a wholesaler that distribute electrical products to mainly large scale commercial contractors. I work on the logistics and production/shipping side of operations. We are the largest branch that our company currently has in the entire United States, and we do the highest amount of net sales volume as well.
The problem I have come to realize over my entire four years working here, is that the amount of material that gets either lost, damaged, temporarily miss placed, or just ends up missing, is insane.
The crew of guys that pick all of our orders every day are constantly complaining about open boxes that are broken down, loose material all over the shelves, loose material that has fallen on the floor, and open boxes that are missing the quoted amount of material that should be available. All of this in turn is responsible for a sizable amount of picking errors. There are constantly errors with quantity picked and errors with material accuracy due to parts being mixed together.
I have brought this idea up in the past with previous management and was immediately shot down. I was told that there was no way we could implement a policy where a full box must be ordered. I have to believe however, that if we did have a set policy that required a customer to purchase a full quantity (in at least a majority of our SKU’s) that it would save our company from not only picking errors, shipping errors, lost and damaged product, but it would also help boost our bottom line and margins.
Am I crazy for thinking of pitching this idea? I understand that every business accounts for having losses and set backs, but I don’t understand how as a wholesaler we are constantly selling retail quantities or minimum quantities to customers. I mean, quite often we will sell $10 worth of material and spend $20 in fuel costs alone having one of our large trucks drive across town to deliver it.
What do you all think?
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