Jack Kuchta

Training

Jack Kuchta — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:34:47 +0000

Training is important if you want to have consistent results. For training to be effective you most have a training manual with full descriptions for each task. This is what the teacher should use for each instruction session. The common practice of having a new hire work with a more seasoned staff member does not assure that the process will be executed the same way that you intended. Furthermore, training needs to be tested and reinforced when necessary. A significant part of every supervisor’s job is to observe how tasks are done and note how the individual performs in relation to the written method. If what the employ is doing yield better results, change the written method and re-train the rest of the staff. If the results are not better, re-train the employees.

Logistics Management January 2010

Jack Kuchta — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:33:24 +0000

Look for the comments by Geoff Sisko and me in “5 Low-Cost Warehouse Resolutions” in the January issue of Logistics Management. It is also in the supplement to Modern Materials Management January 2010. It present some low cost, quick to implement was to lower distribution costs in 2010.

Sisko presents “Maximizing Warehouse Space”

Geoff Sisko — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:18:29 +0000

Geoff presented his seminar “Maximizing Warehouse Space” in Chicago for WERC for the 27th time . For information about future sessions go to www.werc.org.

Geoff Sisko quoted in industry literature

Geoff Sisko — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:11:44 +0000

Editors, “From The Golden Zone”, Distribution Center Management, April 22, 2008

Joao-Pierre Ruth, “Changing Face of the Old Warehouse”, NJBiz, April 2, 2002

James A Cooke, “How labor standards LIFT productivity”, Logistics Management, March 2003

Editors, “Maximize Warehouse Space”, WERCsheet, Novemeber 6, 2009

Mima Williams and Peter Perrato, “On the Cold Front”, Supermarket News, February 12, 2001

Peter Bradley, “it’s all in the planning”, DC Velocity, May 2004

Editors, “WERC Publishes Guide to Storage Systems”, Material Handling Magazine, Novenber 2003

William & Patti Feldman, “Industrial: Dock and the Bay”, JPM Breaking New Ground, Sepember/October 2004

Jeff Berman, “Keep ‘em rolling”, Logistics Management, September 2006

Katrina C. Arade, “Top 10 Distribution Concerns”, Industrial Market Trends, March 14, 2003

Davis Drickhame, “Facility Design Trends: Changing Venue”, Material handling Management, Februrary 2006

James A Cooke, “managing by the numbers”, DC Velocity, January 2007

Editors, “Trends: Growing economy revives interest in supply chain investment, but cost control still issue”, Distribution Center Management, January 2004

Maida Napolitano, “Real warehouse and distribution stories: Low Cost Deep Impact”, Logistics Management, January 2009

William Atkins, “A lease by any other name…”, Logistics Management, October 2008

Maida Napolitano, “Value turns warehouses into distribution centers”, Modern Material Handling, December 2007

Sisko re-appointed to Advisory Board

Geoff Sisko — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:05:05 +0000

Distribution Center Management (www.distributionGroup.com) has named Geoff Sisko to their advisory Board for 2010

New Projects

Jack Kuchta — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:04:15 +0000

We have started a project to streamline returns processing for a Brooklyn 3PL.

Jack Kuchta cited in recent publications (Update)

Jack Kuchta — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:02:44 +0000

Jack Kuchta was recently quoted in:

Maida Napolitano, “Locating Your Distribution Center, Part I, Re-engineering the Distribution Center Network”, Logistics Management, February 1, 2008

Corinne Kator, “Which Picking Method s Work”, Modern Materials Handling, February 28, 2007

James A. Cooke, “Who’s in charge here?”, DC Velocity, November 2006

Maria Napolitano, “The Cross Dock Evolution”, Logistics Management, March 2009

James A Cooke, “plug and play? No Way”, DC Velocity, May 2008

Maida Napolitano, “21 Cheap Tricks for Increased Warehouse Production”, Logistics Management, June 1, 2006

Joăo-Pierre S. Ruth, “Money Savings Options for Delivering Large Products”, NJBIZ, September 1, 2008

Jack Kuchta, “From the Golden Zone”, Distribution Center Management, November 2009

Editors of Distribution Center Management, 45 Proven Ways to Cut Warehouse Costs, New York, 2009

Maria Napolitano, “5 Low-Cost Warehouse resolutions”, Logistics Management, January 2010. Also in Modern Material Handling, January 2010

Creating a partial pallet area can reduce travel time and improve productivity

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:00 +0000

Jack Kuchta recently wrote the following article in Distribution Center Management:

All warehouse have partial pallets occupying full pallet positions. For some warehouses, this may be no more than a statistical element in calculating warehouse utilization if the facility is operating comfortably below its maximum effective working capacity. When the warehouse is nearly full, however, partial pallets can have an impact. It may be useful to compare the cost of relocating material to the cost of keeping the partial pallet in place. The three principal factors in the calculation are:

The partial pallet turnover time
The cost of relocation
The daily cost of pallet relocation

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Why the bottom beam?

Jack Kuchta — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:30:57 +0000

Why would anyone use beams on the bottom level of a selective rack systems. After all, the beams cost more money. And by not putting the bottom load on the floor, the total load on the racking systems is higher, requiring more steel and more cost. Nevertheless some users routinely demand a bottom beam. Why?

The usual answer is that the bottom beam allows the floor under the pallet to be kept clean. This is critical in warehouse than store ingredients or finished products that are intended for human consumption, most importantly for grain based products. Spills can quickly lead to insect and rodent infestations.

But there are other reasons. In a racking system with high openings and few levels, the bottom beam improves the structural stability of the system. Also, wood pallets store long term on a concrete floor absorb moisture from the floor. Over time, this will undermine the strength of the pallet.

Rack opening size

Jack Kuchta — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:44:31 +0000

Whenever you make changes that increase the spacing between beams in pallet rack, go back to your rack supplier and make sure that the changes will not reduce the weight capacity of the rack system. This is particlarly important if the bottom level is enlarged.