When it comes to creating labor standards for the warehouse, both time studies and predetermined time systems (PTS) appear to create highly accurate and granular labor standards. But how objective are they really? The truth is that there is some…
(Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 of a series on warehouse labor standards. Click here to read Parts 1-3). Time studies and predetermined time systems are the two most accurate ways to develop labor standards. Time studies are easy to…
(Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series of postings on labor standards. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2). Discrete labor standards are more accurate than other types of standards, such as single and multi-variable,…
Companies can use several different types of standards to set goals for how long it should take employees to complete different tasks in a warehouse. Today I want to describe how single and multi-variable standards are developed, and their pros and…
Back in July, I wrote a posting about the great results that DSC Logistics received after implementing a Labor Management System (LMS) in its warehouses. In one section I wrote that DSC “used a predetermined time system, Master Standard Data,…
I recently spoke with Jim Chamberlain, the Director of Engineering at DSC Logistics about their rollout of RedPrairie’s Labor Management System (LMS) solution. Jim began his career at Kraft where he worked to develop labor standards. Based on that experience,…
