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warehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTaste Of Oak Cliff 2022 w/Kevin and RobertWAOC is mobile today and at one of my favorite festivals! We’re hanging out at the Taste of Oak Cliff. It’s a great community event, everyone comes together, store fronts, restaurateur’s and yes, a couple of sourcing and staffing agencies and one training center. So I wanted to take this opportunity while out and about to discuss jobs and careers and like I mentioned try and get a few questions answered as well. Being live its going to be a little noisy today so please bear with me! Hold up, let me see if I can grab...
2022-10-0614 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA Strong Work/Life Balance is a thing...Hey Team WAOC, everyone wrapping up the summer, getting the little ones back to school and trying to settle back into our routines? July was a whipping for me professionally. Nothing really got out of hand, I just got overloaded. I had a few 10 day classes come up, which was great, I really enjoy instructing those Logistics classes. I filled in or covered a couple of other positions for the company as well, again, nothing major, just my work week was expanded by several hours! Today I thought we’d talk about our work/life balance, or is th...
2022-08-1109 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastAutomated Storage & Retrieval Systems And it’s another week, a very productive week, and I hope a Safe week for all of us! Marty here again with warehouse and operations as a career, and today I’d like to talk about a piece of equipment, well, in my experience, us warehouse folks will either love or grow to despise. I may have been a little overly dramatic there, but I’ve known some people that, well, just couldn’t or wouldn’t make it work. My experience has been with what is called a mini load. I think the official name, or what it really is w...
2022-03-2411 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRemember those 3 Important Yearly MeetingsHello all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I want to thank you for checking in with us today, and I think I’d like to talk a little about Ethics, maybe a little on Workplace Violence and our Reporting. Earlier this week I was talking with a gentleman that had just came out of his Companies yearly meeting on Business Ethics. Several of the larger facilities I deal with have these little gatherings once or twice a year. I think we as warehousemen kind of feel meetings like these don’t really have anything to do with...
2022-03-1709 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA Review of Anhydrous Ammonia and our SDS SheetsAnhydrous Ammonia, anyone know what that is? I’m Marty T Hawkins with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and we appreciate you checking in with us! My apologies, I’m a bit horse today but let’s have some fun anyway! I brought up the words Anhydrous Ammonia a few weeks ago and had gotten a few questions about it so lets look it up today! Merriam Webster tells us that Anhydrous means free from water. And they explain that Ammonia is a pungent colorless gaseous alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen NH3 that is very soluble in water and...
2022-02-2411 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThe Question is Do You Want to Do ItEveryone having a great week out there. I certainly hope so! I’m Marty and welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I have an old friend that always said work is work, that’s why they don’t call it fun. I always disagreed with him. Work is work but it has to be fun, to a point I mean. If you know me at all you know that I believe we have to enjoy our jobs if we have a chance to turn them into a career. Most of us will be needing to work another 10...
2022-02-1710 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA & B, Oak & Pine, Revisiting the Pallet What is the most utilized and can be the most dangerous tool used in our Light Industrial Industry? Care to make a guess? I’m Marty with you here today at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Today lets talk a little bit about Pallets. Pallets are everywhere, we’re around them all day every day yet how often do we really think about them. There almost just an after thought right? Yet we have millions of pounds of product up above us in the racks and we’re working under that weight every day. The pallet has played a significant...
2022-02-1010 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast3 LevelsWelcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career everybody, I’m Marty and I’m cold. I find myself in Denver, Co this week but you know what, It’s not much better, weather wise, back home in Dallas, Tx right now! I placed several ad’s this week, for a few positions in several states, and I received a few responses complaining about the hourly pay rates, that, well, I felt were misunderstood or not just or fair. Now don’t get me wrong, I think we as applicants should always ask for the best wage possibl...
2022-02-0311 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastWhat is your biggest challenge in hiring or being hired in today's market Week 5 of the year is almost over! I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. How is your year going so far? I have mine planned out pretty much through the 2nd quarter, and I’ve got to say, I’m right on track. One of my bigger goals was to get this one particular certification so I could help those interested in the food service fields, not hospitality, but more on the production, kitting, packaging, and shipping end of the business. I guess I shouldn’t say not hospitality, but well, I’m just not a restaurant per...
2022-01-2714 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRevisiting the Supervisor RoleHello again, Marty T Hawkins with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I was asked again this week if becoming or accepting a promotion to Supervisor was or would be a good move. It seems I’m asked that pretty regularly, so I thought we’d talk about Supervision for a few minutes today. My answer is always unequivocally yes! I’m probably wrong to say that but seriously, if that’s a part of our plan and goals then we need to accept the position and enter into our new role with an open mind and be willing to accept s...
2022-01-2012 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastFavoritism - Personal vs ProfessionalHey all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career back at you. It’s been a busy week. I’ve been giving some leadership classes, developed a few incentive programs for different things like productivity, attendance and position accomplishments. I’ll be doing a little traveling over the next couple of weeks, I’m in Nevada today and I’m aiming for Colorado next week, dependent on the weather though! I try not to be around snow. One of the things that came up during a group class was the subject of favoritism within the workplace. As...
2022-01-1310 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast3 Magic Words - $5K - Counterbalance Forklift Are you ready to kick off 2022, put your plan in action and meet this year's goals? I’m Marty T Hawkins with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and over the next 52 weeks that is what I’m going to be doing. I was super excited to hear from so many of you that had accomplished your goals for last year. Those advancements and promotions kept coming, and the personal accomplishments, wow is all I can say. I missed a couple of mine but that’s ok, I am going to achieve them this year! Today, among other thin...
2022-01-0615 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastYou Own It OK, team WAOC, this is a wrap for 2021. I hope you’ve reached all the goals you had set, but if you haven't, well, that’s fine as well. We’re on to 2022 next. I’m going to make it my best year yet! I’m going to plan, have my goals documented, know what I want, and go achieve it! I had planned on reviewing 2021 today but realized that all that is in the past and I’m interested in moving forward, not looking backwards! Now, I think looking back can be important sometimes, like, if we made a mistake an...
2021-12-3010 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTerminations & The Other Two Words What do you think of the word Termination? Ever said I quit? And how’d that work out for ya? I’m Marty with you here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Everyone had a great week? Mines been busy, I’ve strayed a bit from my normal operations tasks and have been helping develop a couple of training classes, what else took up some time this week, oh, I’ve helped develop a couple employee engagement surveys, lets see, and I’ve been working with several supervisors on termination forms, more to, what is a termination and how should thei...
2021-12-1610 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTeach to Learn - Train to Experience As young Leads and Supervisors, do you look at yourself as a Teacher or a Trainer? Do we know the difference? That’s one of the questions I’d like to explore here today. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m wondering if we don’t confuse the two way too often! One of the things I loved about elementary school was lunch. Those squares of pizza and the squares of Fish we’re my favorites. I don’t remember a lot about the day-to-day activities, but I can remember that I liked recess, dodge ball o...
2021-12-0911 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast30 Minute Routines - Success Hi all, 2022 is 30 days from today. Are you ready? Have your plans and goals on paper? Did you accomplish everything in 2021 that you wanted too? Its been a wild ride for me. It was a great year, much better than 2020 and it has been a busy one. I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted to personally, and professionally, well, I wanted to get more done but I’m happy with my accomplishments and growth. We’ve recently spoken about what it takes to be a good leader, our time management abilities, and how procrastination is our enemy. I’ve share...
2021-12-0221 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastI am Thankful... It is our Thanksgiving holiday here in the States. Some of us are working today and others are off. But I hope we all get to spend some time with friends and family. I was speaking with a few unloaders and order selectors this week and the conversation drifted to the upcoming Holiday, and I have to say I was quite impressed with their thoughts on thanksgiving this year. Last year this particular facility wasn't running at full capacity, and they were all laid off for a while or worked with reduced hours.. Being deemed an essential facility, it is a distributio...
2021-11-2510 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastHorseplay again - Planning for MoreHave you ever been accused or caught horse playing at work? I’ve seen so many meme’s on social media this week I’d like to talk about that for a minute. Welcome back everyone. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! My first trip to HR was over a bit of horseplay. Me and 2 others grabbed an inventory control guy and shrink wrapped him to a support beam at the end of an aisle. We were on our way to lunch, I guess we assumed someone would come by and cut him loose. A bad assumption...
2021-11-1812 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastGetting our way - How to get what we wantLast week we talked a lot about ethics and our work ethics. Late in the week I heard about a facility where the rest room had been vandalized and graffitied by people or someone writing on the stalls with paint and markers. I’m Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I wanted to get caught up on a few questions, and we’re going to get to them but first I thought I’d reach out to all of you for an answer! I wish I could describe to you how bad this restroom was torn...
2021-11-1111 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastEthics and Work EthicsHow is everyone getting a long this week? By the way, and I’m not going to launch into a goal and planning soap box talk today, but it is week 44, and there's only 8 more weeks until the first quarter of 2022. I’ve already assessed this year's goals, moved what I had too and have started on my 2022 goals. Actually, and I just realized, I’m talking about my personal planning and goals. My CFO asked for my professional goals last week. Maybe that’s what pushed me to get started on my own! Anyway, we’ll go over our goals a litt...
2021-11-0410 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTwo more Machines and other Standards I was walking a facility earlier last month and saw one of the new model scissor lifts. The plant manager asked me if I knew anything about one of these, and, well, I had to say no. It may have had the most futuristic control console I’ve ever seen. I’m Marty with you here today with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Now I’ve operated several scissor lifts and a couple of different Ariel lifts for that matter before, but this was the first one of this type I’d seen. Come to find out his real question...
2021-10-2812 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRevisiting Leading Others and Learning from Them Hello all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Thanks for joining us this week, and I appreciate you sharing our podcast with all your peers. We continue to grow each week, which is pretty cool. I know I’m learning something new every show and I hope we’re bringing you something that interest and helps you with your careers! Last week we touched again on Leadership. I want to thank everyone that sent in a question or had a thought on the topics. If you’d like to comment on anything we discuss here, please shoot me an...
2021-10-2111 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThe Most Challenging Warehouse Position So today we are 14 days into the 4th quarter! Have you reviewed your plan, are you going to reach your 2021 goals. I’m doing pretty good with mine, much better than I thought. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. We only have 11 more weeks to make everything work out for us. We are that close to 2022! As we kick off this quarter we should think about our future. Do you know what you’d like your future to bring you? Now is the time to start thinking about 2023. If you have a plan for 2022, you'll b...
2021-10-1414 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRevisiting how to get started Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, the Podcast about Operations, by Operations men and women. We try and bring you a little information each week about warehousing and transportation, 2 fields within our industry that you won’t find a more passionate group of people to connect with than our WAOC group! I’m Marty and I appreciate you listening in with us today. We grabbed the mobile equipment and headed over to the Distribution Training Center in Oak Cliff Texas today to answer a few questions and talk about a couple of warehouse positions, some of them be...
2021-10-0715 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastCould I have handled that differently? I made a mistake today. As a leader I probably make at least 25 plus mistakes each day. As a member of management, with those minute-to-minute operations decisions we have to make, well, we learn from them, and we will make a better decision next time. But things like putting a trailer in the wrong door or slotting an item in a slot that makes absolutely no sense or calling lunch before you’re far enough into the selection batches, or maybe assigning a load to the wrong individual. All those things are fixable, and easy to learn from. We raise our hands, take...
2021-09-3010 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastProduction and Distribution, the same but differentHello all, WAOC is mobile this week. It’s been a while since we’ve done a show out in the field. I’m Marty back with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I started this week out in Dallas, wrapping up some training and then came out to Arizona to visit a large production facility. Then on to Nevada, I’m here today visiting the 1st and 2nd shifts of another facility. We talk a lot about distribution here at WAOC so today, as I have production on my mind, let's talk about differences and the const...
2021-09-2309 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastLeft Lane or Right Lane - Work Smarter not Harder Does that little voice inside you ever whisper to you, can you hear it saying slow down. Does a friend, wife, or husband ever tell you to slow down. Maybe a coworker, supervisor, manager or safety manager ever shout to slow down! I’m Marty and I thank you for joining us today here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Let's talk about slowing down today! If you’re a long-time listener, you’ll know that one of my more serious pet peeves isent operations related at all! I’ll never understand why people, instead of waiting their turn to...
2021-09-1614 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastOverlook or Ignore, Let's revisit it Hello all, thanks for joining us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I thought we’d talk about a few things today that are sometimes overlooked, or maybe it's just things we don’t realize are so important. First up I want to mention wheel chocks. If you’re not familiar with a wheel chock, or a big block of, how do I describe it, I guess most of them are shaped like a wedge, usually made of a hard rubber that’s placed in front of the real wheels of a trailer that’s backed up against our loa...
2021-09-0913 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastPreventive Maintenance & The Pre-Trip Back at you with Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I have no idea what all I’d like to talk about today! I’m way behind again on our Q & A but I haven’t really pulled up anything. You know what, let's start off with our PM’s or the preventative maintenance programs or duties. You may not know it, but our facilities keep pretty accurate records regarding the maintenance performed on our equipment. That’s one reason our pre-trips are such a big deal, our maintenance technicians use those to address the day to day issues we...
2021-09-0211 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTraining, what is your first thought? Do you ever think you’ve received too much, too little, to detailed training, or that your trainer skips around to much? I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career, let’s talk about training today, a much deeper subject than you might expect. Here at WAOC we believe it can be the make or break point to our success. Let’s look at the responsibilities being trained and accepting of that training today. I went out and spoke with a trainer this week, he works in a corporate setting, for a large production facility and is responsible for...
2021-08-2614 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRevisiting Inventory Control Welcome back, we appreciate you checking in with us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, sharing a few thoughts and opinions as well as my own experiences about Warehousing and Operations each week. If you’ve checked out a couple of our shows you’ve probably picked up on the idea that I really enjoy the Industry, I love discussing its opportunities, its many tasks & turning those jobs into Careers. It was brought to my attention that I have mentioned the department or task of Inventory Control several times recently, so I thought we’d talk a little about it...
2021-08-1911 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastEXIT Did anyone have a birthday this week, I love birthdays! If you did a shout out to you from Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and we’re all going to realize another year passing bye sometime within the next 365 days. We age, and with that aging comes great memories and experiences. We grow within our family, and we start our own families. The same goes for our jobs and careers. We gain experience performing our tasks and move up within the many different departments. As we’ve learned here at WAOC, it is important to have plans and goals. An...
2021-08-1211 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastPick vs SelectHi all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and it is hot here in Texas! I’m hearing it's how everywhere! Let’s all remember to drink our water. Not sodas, or energy drinks, but plenty of water. Doing what we do we need to stay hydrated! Speaking about what we do, let's talk some op’s. I took a phone call yesterday from a young woman wanting to get “her forklift license”. I asked what type of forklift she was running and what type of product she was working with, and she stated, “I’m not working ri...
2021-08-0510 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastDon'tsThis week it was discussed that 64.7 percent of all involuntary terminations in an industry group were due to attendance and tardy problems. That is a huge number, a situation that we, as employees can control! Hi all, I’m Marty and thank you for checking in with our Podcast Warehouse and Operations as a Career again. I feel there's quite a bit that we associates, how do I say this, well, that we do wrong or don’t do right! I myself know of at least 5 people that were dismissed over attendance. I felt so bad for one youn...
2021-07-2913 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThat Employee, Lead, or Supervisor Position, Do we know it?As a new lead or supervisor do we know what our jobs are and the task that we’re ultimately responsible for? Talk about being torn is 20 different directions, and then surprised, maybe even disgruntled with our boss when he or she jumps on us for not having something done! Well, that’s what I’d like to talk about today. We may know our job, but do we know anything about the responsibilities? I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Last quarter we talked a lot about leadership, time management and procrastination. Three things we star...
2021-07-2214 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastEPJ -vs- Shrink Wrap Hello everyone, Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I want to sincerely thank you for checking in with us each week and I hope we mention something that will affect your career in some kind of positive way here today! I want to share something real quick. I went to the grocery store today, a national chain, it’s close, convenient and frankly just easy for me to get in and out. I’m not a big shopper. I know what I want, I get it and get gone. Today I was the only person in line a...
2021-07-1509 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThink it through...Agencies & Sweeper/Scrubbers Ha, I just noticed this is episode 250, the 250th consecutive Thursday I have uploaded some thoughts about Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I thought today I’d try and get a couple of questions answered and I wanted to mention, how important knowing what we ask for is what we want when it comes to our careers. We will circle back to that in a few minutes though. Let's get a couple of questions answered or at least I can share my opinions on a topic or two! Ok, here is question #1. So, a listener from up north, that’s...
2021-07-0811 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThe Counterbalance and Part 2, the Back Half Hey hey everyone. Marty T Hawkins with Warehouse and Operations as a Career back with you. I hope everyone has had a prosperous, productive, safe, and awesome first half of the year. Tomorrow, July 2nd is our halfway point for 2021, the first day of the rest of the year! I know all my planning and goal talk is a lot of blah blah blah to some of you, and that’s cool. But some are reaping the benefits of a good solid plan! I’ve been told that I break every year into two pieces. And I do, and its intentional! I kin...
2021-07-0112 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastBeing Engaged - More Pay Hello all, how is week 25 treating you? Can you believe we are almost halfway thru 2021. I’m reassessing where I am at with my goals so I can start planning and making those adjustments, and I’m realizing that I have some serious adjustments to make! And you know what, that’s ok, there is absolutely nothing wrong with our goals changing. That’s called growing in my book. Seriously though, it is time that we reflect on the first half of the year and get geared up for the last half. I’m looking at my note sheet here an...
2021-06-2410 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastAgain, Opportunity, Do we see it Anyone ever felt like they’ve missed an opportunity? Anyone ever realized they did miss an opportunity? I think more often than not we only feel like that or notice it after the fact! Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, lets talk about opportunities for a minute today. Not necessarily missed opportunities, what’d you call it, let’s say recognizing an opportunity, I think. Maybe I’ve been thinking about opportunities all day because I’ve been with Recruiters and candidates all week. I really enjoy the whole recruiting process, and I so enjoy getting to v...
2021-06-1713 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastLet's revisit our Choices, It's all about Choices Welcome back, and thank you for checking in with us today! I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I’d like to talk a little about choices. This week I’ve witnessed a lot of incidents where people made some great one’s and where individuals went a different direction than I would have. I guess when we think about it we’re making choices every day, really every hour that is going to affect us or that next hour in some way or another. Just this morning going to work I saw driver speed up to go throu...
2021-06-1009 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastChecking out Terminations and QuittingMarty T Hawkins back with you and another episode of Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Is everyone having a fabulous week so far? Today let’s talk about a few of the things that we as employees sometimes have to deal with, many times things we possibly bring on ourselves. Throughout my travels each week I hear about lost jobs, NCNS, layoffs, and a lot of reasons why individuals have loss those jobs. This isn’t probably something we like talking about but I guess it is a part of the job cycle or career cycle so let’s look at...
2021-06-0313 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastReviewing the Inbound Receiver PositionWelcome again to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and we’re grateful you stopped in for a visit! I have gotten way behind on a couple of questions and I thought we’d try and catch up this week. First off, I’d like to talk about the Receiving Position today. In the distribution world our freight comes in on trailers or containers, usually, if merchandising has their days on hand figured correctly, by appointment and arrives on time to be unloaded. As we’ve discussed in earlier episodes, a driver will check in and either unload...
2021-05-2710 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastLet's review Putting our Plan in place Hello and welcome to the Warehouse and Operations as a Career Podcast, I’m Marty and I’d like to thank you for clicking in with us today! Let’s see, I’ve gotten behind on a few questions that’s been sent in, let me see if I can get a few of them answered really quick! I liked this one here, a gentleman asked, “how would you recommend I get into warehousing”. I’m not sure what his work experiences are but he goes’ on to state “all the good companies are wanting someone with experience.” W...
2021-05-2011 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastSpotter - Summer and Heat Stress Today I thought we’d talk about another Op’s position; it can be a great avenue to the transportation departments and even a reboot to our careers in a way! I’m Marty T Hawkins with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I appreciate you checking in with us again this week! With the seasons changing I wanted to talk a little on Heat Stress too, I think we’ve covered it a couple of times already but….well, were already approaching those triple digit degrees in a couple of regions I over see so its probably worth mentioning...
2021-05-1312 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA Best of Visit with Sharon and IvanWarehouse and Operations as a Career swung by the Belmar Integrated Logistics Garland office this morning for a quick visit and I caught Sharon and Ivan with a few minutes to sit down with me, so of course I grabbed the mic’s and took advantage of the situation for a bit. I’m Marty and today we’ll do a little follow-up on a few of the questions you’ve sent in over the last several weeks! I’ve got the people with us today that can supply us a few of those answers! I’m a member of several Job...
2021-05-0617 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRules, Warnings and Us, Revisiting the Little ThingsMarty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I hope you enjoy our show each week and we’re offering up something you can take away from it and it helps you in your career some how or way. We have a lot of fun sharing our experiences and really enjoy getting to throw in an opinion or two every once and a while! Don’t forget about our Facebook & Twitter page’s where you can find us @whseandops, oh and the warehouse equipment operators community group on Facebook, it’s a great place for everyone to share their day a...
2021-04-2912 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTraining opportunities are all around us Ever operated a sweeper or scrubber? You know, one of those big machines with the big round sweeper brushes on it, there is usually a little round one sticking out on the right-hand side. On a combination unit it’ll have a long squeegee bowed around the back of it. Hi all, I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and that is just one subject that amazed me this week. So, I’m going to try and shorten a long story here, I have a lot of other things I wanted to talk about today but, well...
2021-04-2210 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThat First ImpressionHave you ever heard that you only get one chance to make a first impression? I’m Marty T Hawkins and I’d like to thank you for checking in with us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Whither you are a Supervisor or a lead, an Employee, Recruiter or an HR Generalist, maybe you’re in Benefits, we’re all some of the first people our new and existing associates see. We greet them, walk them through the on-boarding process and sell them on how great our company is and how happy we are that they chose to wo...
2021-04-1512 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRemember talking about Shorts & the Mis-ship, Damages & ExpenseIt’s been another great week hasn’t it! I’m Marty and I’d like to thank you for joining us again here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. This week let’s spend a few minutes on controlling expenses. I had a conversation last week with a V.P. of Op’s about a facility that had had over 1000 short on truck cases the previous week. That’s a huge error ratio and creates a very real expense to the company, not to mention the disservice to their accounts. I tell you what, we’ll get into all that in a m...
2021-04-0811 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA Chink in the Armor Hello all, what a busy week! I hope everything is going your way for you. I just finished up a training session in the Atlanta Georgia area. I mean literally like 15 minutes ago. It’s late but I wanted to talk for just a few minutes about the Supply Chain. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Last year I learned that our nations supply chain was a bit more vulnerable than I ever realized! When so many manufacturing and production plants shut down due to the pandemic, remember those early weeks when we didn't know what was go...
2021-04-0107 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThis, That, and the Other And here we are, week 12 of 2021. Some of my peers are in awe that the year is moving this fast while others think it’s creeping along. I’m feeling like time is moving at an incredible pace. Maybe it’s just that I’m trying to get so much done in a week! Well, enough of all that, I guess. So, I had a question, more of a comment really, a comment that, well, maybe many of us would have spouted out when placed in the same position. Shoot, I forgot the introductions! I’m Marty with Warehouse and Op...
2021-03-2510 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastProcrastination.... Hi all. Have you ever had an opportunity with procrastination? Or the action of delaying or postponing something? What causes it? I don’t think it's because were lazy, and I don’t necessarily believe were avoiding a particular task either. I believe, and this may sound strange, but I think it's our frame of mind at the time. If that decision had been presented to us 2 hours earlier, we may have just accepted it, performed it, and moved on. But something happened, and we thought differently for a moment. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Lets tal...
2021-03-1809 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastRevisiting Gig work and apps Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, everyone having a prosperous and productive week? We’ve been discussing how there’s so many ways to break into the operations fields, all the different get our foot in the door positions and how we can target our employers or the companies we’d like to work with, capitalizing on our career goals. Something that came up this week was those gig apps out there. Something relatively new but you’ve probably heard someone talking about them. Basically, you download an app that employers post job assignments on. Usually for...
2021-03-1110 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast1st Day - Asking for a Raise - Quitting Hi everyone, Marty T Hawkins with you here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Where are we at this week? Looks like Week 9, the first week of March, which is the last month of the first quarter! Everyone keeping to their plan? We each have a plan right! I won’t jump off on one of my planning and goals rants today, but I did want to talk about a few things that came up this week out in the field. First, I was asked by a new supervisor, why every new employee that HR was sending him...
2021-03-0411 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastResponsibility Meters So, during every PIT or powered industrial truck training class your instructor will mention, and I hope he or she will review, the Operators Manual with us. This week, I had an individual ask why this was important, he stated that nobody reads those manuals. I understand the statement. Did you know that when we purchase a new vehicle or car, we, as a new owner are supposed to read the owner's manual? Ever seen how many warning stickers that are in the vehicle, come on, you’ve seen them. Maybe up on the passenger visor? I had one gentlem...
2021-02-2510 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastWe Are All ThatGood cold day from Texas everyone, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I hope everyone’s warm and safe. I was asked this afternoon why forklift drivers thought they were all that. I replied because they are! At least in their own mind. Have you ever noticed how Jeep drivers nod or discretely wave to each other when meeting in opposite directions? Or may be how motorcycle drivers offer up a straight left are and maybe a little finger wave when they meet on opposite lanes? There part of a unique club. It’s the same thing with f...
2021-02-1808 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThursday & Little Things It’s that time of the week already? I think Thursdays are my favorite day of the week. Not because we get to drop another episode of WAOC, well, partially because of that, but mainly because it’s the day before Friday. I know a lot of people can’t wait until Friday comes along. Myself, I look forward to Thursday, it's my day to wrap up the week, finish up any planning I need to do for Friday. I, like many of you probably, typically need to work a few hours on Saturday. Anyway, it’s a Thursday and I’m excited...
2021-02-1109 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThree ways to get behind the wheel So, we’re wrapping up week 5! Is it still feeling like the beginning of the year to you? To me, it feels like it's moving much faster than that! I don’t want to rush it, but dang, I don’t want to get left behind either! I’m Marty and you’ve found Warehouse and Operations as a Career again. Earlier this week, we had some technical opportunities with our website, and I couldn't post the episode to our many different social media groups. I was shocked at how many people were listening through those links, and they did not hes...
2021-02-0410 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastIs a Job a Job A job is a job is a job, nope it’s not. I don’t buy into that train of thought. Oh, I guess if were 16 and talking about the fast-food industry or maybe a retail or restaurant position, I’d let someone say it’s just a job. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m of the opinion that even our first job should be planned. We should enjoy it. It should serve us with a purpose. Oh, it’s ok if that purpose is just a paycheck, as long as we know that is its purpo...
2021-01-2810 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastA little Forklift History Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m back in Texas, it’s cold and wet, but I’m glad to be back home. Let’s see, what am I going to talk about today. I had some bullet points laid out, can’t seem to find them now, oh, here we are. So, while I was out traveling the last couple of weeks, I got to thinking about the narrow aisles we’re seeing more and more frequently. Which of course lead me to thinking about forklifts and the price of real estate or the value of an...
2021-01-2111 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastDuck and Dodge, Anticipate ChangeWelcome back and welcome to week two of the new year. I’ve been mentioning goals and planning for the last 4 or 5 weeks. I hope all of y’all are doing better with yours than I’ve been. I wrote everything down and I have the best of intentions! Like I’ve said though. Sometimes life and business gets in our way, and that is perfectly fine. We have to stay fluid, duck and dodge as needed! Last week I spent a few days in Nevada and this week I needed to go out to Georgia to do some hiring & onboar...
2021-01-1410 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastYes, I should had You made it back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and I’d like to thank you for listening in to us again today! I’ve been in Nevada all week, just got back home this evening. I had plans to record this week's episode from there and have a special guest sit in but, well, best laid plans, right? Things got busy and to be honest we just never had time to connect. When you're traveling for work you always think I’m going to do this or do that and there never seems to be...
2021-01-0710 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastNot Looking Back - Forward Motion Looks like we made it, 2020 is behind us and 2021 is going to be the better year! I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I, like everyone else was blindsided last March. I had, shoot I think our industry had, gotten a bit comfortable in our lives. We had access to everything we wanted. If we didn't like our boss, even if we just got mad at the company for a day, not a problem. We’d go get another job. I think a lot of us thought our finances were in order. We may have figured we were doin...
2020-12-3113 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastComfortable, Nesting, Merry Christmas Today's Christmas Eve here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty, and I love this time of year. It’s different, the weathers different, our outlooks are different. Everyone's open to change. I feel like our spirits are up and we’re ready to plan out our next year! Have you all written out your goals for 2021, at least the first quarter? I was just reviewing my 2020 accomplishments, and to be honest, I was quite surprised how well I had done. With the pandemic and all, I thought I’d had a year with less wins than I’ve had. ...
2020-12-2413 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastMissed Opportunity Hi all, I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I am excited to be here with you today. I always say today, it’s nighttime when I have a moment to record the show each week, I’m kind of a today soul, I guess. I say the word tomorrow a lot, and today last 24 hours for me but I don’t use the word yesterday much at all. I mean, of course I have to refer to past events, last week, a couple of days ago, and I’m good with saying this or that happened bu...
2020-12-1712 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastExpenses/Incidents It’s week 50, is anyone freaking out yet? Maybe because we haven't achieved a piece of our goals for the year or maybe even that now we need to be planning out our 2021! I’m not sure I’m concerned with either really, I’m just ready for 2020 to go away. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career Podcast here with you, and I’m really really ready to close the door on 2020. If you’re a long-time listener you’ll know that we here at WAOC don’t like looking in the rearview mirror, our past is the past and we...
2020-12-1011 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastConfident Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty, and today I’ll have a few opinions, as well as a couple of answers to questions we’ve received over the last three weeks to share with you! Can you believe we’re at 4 weeks to wrapping up 2020? I think we, as humans, kind of reflect on our accomplishments and hurdles each year about this time. I generally see more people going and speaking with their management teams about transfers, changing departments, maybe accepting more responsibilities etc...and this may be the time of year that our...
2020-12-0312 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastWant a Pay Increase? Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the states, and well happy next holiday to everyone everywhere. We all love holidays I think and it's nice to take the opportunity to be around family and friends every chance we get. Well, I guess this year is quite a bit different, I do wish everyone well though and please keep and stay safe out there. Shoot, I forgot to introduce myself today, I’m Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I was on a phone call earlier this week and an op’s guy said out loud what many of us I th...
2020-11-2609 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastIt's a Wonderful Life Hello everyone, so next week is Thanksgiving! Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and I appreciate you stopping by again this week! Quick question, are you already seeing or maybe even experiencing those holiday frustrations? Every year about this time I notice how the mood changes out on the docks. And this year I’m senescing new or added worries regarding family gatherings or lack thereof, being on people's minds. I always try and coach my associates to be a little more understanding of our work partners this time of year. I believe like it's imp...
2020-11-1911 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastNope, It's not General Labor Unloading, Loading, Sanitation positions and the recoup, salvage areas, oh, and the returns or valet clerks. All these positions are sometimes listed and advertised as G/L or general labor positions and I’m not sure why? I was speaking with a few people on-line, they seemed to be shying away from a loader job that was listed on one of the larger boards. It wasn't one of mine, but I joined in any way! I thought it might be because it was a 2nd shift job, the start time was 7 p.m. The pay was listed, and it seemed like...
2020-11-1209 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastOrder Picking - Selecting - Rider Jacks Hey everyone, Warehouse and Operations as a Career here, I’m Marty, everyone having a great week, I hope? I thought we talk a little bit about the Electric Rider jack today. I was in a class last week where the subject of operating platform rider pallet jacks came up and I have to say I was a little shocked at a few of the comments I was hearing. The conversation was more between recruiters, and a few applicants. A couple had a little experience on a rider jack while most in the room did not. Now I gathered that...
2020-11-0515 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastYou know it's our fault, right? So, have you ever called an employee in to give them a corrective action, counseling or maybe even to end their employment and received a genuinely blank stare, like they did not understand what was happening? Or have you ever been that employee before? It happens all too often and it’s our own fault. Yes, whither we’re the employer or the employee, it's our fault. Confused yet? I’m Marty and your back with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. We’ve been talking about Leadership the last two weeks and I’ve enjoyed all the questions and comments. It...
2020-10-2910 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastLeading Others Hello all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Thanks for joining us this week, and I appreciate you sharing our podcast with all your peers. We continue to grow each week, which is pretty cool. I know I’m learning something new every show and I hope we’re bringing you something that interest and helps you with your careers! Last week we touched again on Leadership. I want to thank everyone that sent in a question or had a thought on the topics. If you’d like to comment on anything we discuss here, please shoot me an...
2020-10-2211 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThinking about Leadership - 7 Thoughts Where are we at, let's see, wow, week 42. So, we only have 11 more weeks before we can put 2020 behind us! Remember, this year we have 53 weeks, of all years, right? Anyway, so as we start to wind down the year and use this 4th quarter to gather our thoughts and get everything checked off our goal list for the year, it seems that several of us are thinking more about leadership roles and maybe taking that next step? Over the last 5 episodes I’ve heard from a couple of people from Texas, and several ladies and gentlemen out in the Ch...
2020-10-1516 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastSeriously...Slotting Warehouse and Operations as a Career here and I’m Marty, everyone having a fantastic week, I hope? I had a good Q & A show planned for today, I’m getting so far behind answering some questions, and I’ve researched quite a few answers for them too! Anyway, just before I sat down to record, I received a phone call about a gentleman that had been counseled about a disturbance he’d caused out on the floor earlier. I made a few phone calls to get the scoop. Not really an investigation but I knew the HR person and wanted...
2020-10-0813 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastQuestions & Training - Getting our foot in the door Hey Hey, Marty and Warehouse and Operations as a Career here. And welcome to the 4th Quarter of 2020. I’m thinking we’d all be perfectly fine with this year coming to an end, right? I think, if we learned nothing else, we’ve learned a lot about employment, careers, what is an essential position and what industries may be a little more stable or secure than others this year. Now all industries are needed, I’m not saying a forklift driver is any more important than a restaurant back of the house worker. I nearly starved the couple of weeks that restaurants we...
2020-10-0113 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTraining - GMP - SOP - Thoughts Welcome to all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career, everyone having a productive and prosperous week, I hope! This week I was giving a class on Forklifts and Material Handling to a group of ladies and gentlemen that had never been in the warehouse before. That sounded strange, the class was about career possibilities and the forklift was just the first position and where we could go from there was what we’d be learning about. One of the things everyone noticed was the recurring theme of safety and focus, and how the word responsibility seemed to be in...
2020-09-2412 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastFacilities, Positions, and What's Next Hello again, and welcome to warehouse and operations as a career. I’m Marty and I’m excited to be hosting this week's episode. This week we’re presenting our 208th weekly podcast, four years to the week. I had planned on producing 50 shows, I just wanted to share how exciting the industry can be and talk about all the opportunities Operations, Warehousing and Transportation could bring to us and our families. I wanted it to be a discussion about the positions and a day in the life of kind of thing. We wanted to steer away from all the corpora...
2020-09-1714 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastChariots and Office Associates Golf Carts and what they're calling Personnel Carriers are loose in the warehouse. Are you seeing them in your facility? As facilities are growing bigger, I mean a million square feet is becoming the norm as for your large or jumbo D/C’s are concerned, people gotta get around somehow. My old facility was just over 500 sq ft and we had one, a 6 seater golf cart! Kind of a 6 seater, it had 4 seats and two little fold down seats on the rear of it with grab bars! It was only driven by a member of the warehouse management team. Perio...
2020-09-1011 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastProductionHello all, Marty here with Warehouse and operations as a career. I’m out on the East Coast of the U. S. this week. I’m enjoying the cooler weather, well, it’s a little cooler anyway. It's been a hot summer across the nation this year. So, I wanted to start off talking about Production today. Wikipedia tells us that production is a process of combining various material inputs and immaterial inputs (plans , know-how) in order to make something for consumption (output). It is the act of creating...
2020-09-0311 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastWaste, Motion, Time and Money Warehouse and operations as a career, I’m Marty and We all here at WAOC appreciate you stopping in with us again. If you haven't subscribed just yet or maybe left a kind review of the show, we’d appreciate that as well. And I’m sure your friends would love to know where your getting all these thoughts and opinions from, feel free to send them over our way. I’d like to start off today talking about waste. The subject of waste came up twice this week. Once from a young supervisor that’d just gotten out of a...
2020-08-2711 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastQuestions and Questionnaires I just looked and we’re in week 34 of 2020 already! That puts WAOC at episode 204, almost 4 years of podcasting, what is that, like just 4 weeks shy of 4 years! I hope you’re enjoying our few minutes together each week as much as we do! I had planned on doing a quick flashback Thursday today, I had to have a bit more dental work last weekend but I ran across something I felt like we should get out there and talk about this week so I’m giving it a shot! I hope you're ok with my speech! So, I prod...
2020-08-2011 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastSanitation, Change, a Thought This week the theme seemed to be Sanitation. What was and what was not my job was the battle cry. Oddly, I noticed the supervisors either appeared indifferent to the situation or did not know how to handle it. I think I can clear this up with just a few comments. I’m Marty with you here at warehouse and operations as a career. If we are paid hourly, sanitation is a part of our task. Usually, or what works best for me is cleaning, or keeping things tidy as I go. Sanitation is a duty of our lives, we do it...
2020-08-1310 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast1910 & 178 Everyone doing well? I certainly hope so! And I appreciate you checking in with us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and I’m happy to report I’m well as well! I want to dive right in today with a quick story. 2 weeks ago, I sat in on a PIT class or powered industrial truck class. A gentleman was in attendance, very knowledgeable, turned out to be very experienced with operating an electric platform rider jack, he’d been a high productivity order selector for a number of years. He of course sailed through the classr...
2020-08-0617 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTeaching/Training As young Leads and Supervisors, do you look at yourself as a Teacher or a Trainer? Do we know the difference? That’s one of the questions I’d like to explore here today. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m wondering if we don’t confuse the two way too often! One of the things I loved about elementary school was lunch. Those squares of pizza and the squares of Fish we’re my favorites. I don’t remember a lot about the day to day activities, but I can remember that I liked re...
2020-07-3011 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastTraining, accept it... Warehouse and operations as a career here and I’m Marty, we appreciate you listening in with us again today. Today is our 200th weekly episode, almost 4 years now. I’ve enjoyed every show, and I hope you’ve liked one or two! Keep asking those questions and listening to our thoughts and opinions and we’ll keep talking and sharing our experiences! SO today I wanted to talk about training. Why are we so adverse to training? This week I’ve been working with experienced order selectors. I generally look at order selecting as two distinct groups. Productivity...
2020-07-2311 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastJust a Tap - Am I a Trainer - Better & Better Oh my good gracious, another week’s gone by. I’m back in Texas and it’s hot! Has your management team mentioned anything about heat stress or hear stroke? If not bring it up and your start up meeting, help everyone remember to stay hydrated. That doesn't mean adult beverages and energy drinks, even too much Gatorade isent as good for us as good old-fashioned water. Drink it, we need it! I saw a short video making its way around Facebook and Instagram this week about an order selector that, well, I think he was coasting and messing with his...
2020-07-1611 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastWeek 28 in DenverWelcome to episode 198 of Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and WAOC is back on the road this week. It’s been a while, with everything going on, lets see, theirs been very little traveling since late February, at our company, we’ll really I think for most companies. Kind of necessity only. I’m glad to see it getting a little easier, people here, or those I’m around, or well, people I’m running into on my daily travels were or are on the verge of cabin fever or worse! I wanted to talk a minute...
2020-07-0911 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastASRS - Flow Rack And it’s another week, a very productive week, and I hope a Safe week for all of us! Marty here again with warehouse and operations as a career, and today I’d like to talk about a piece of equipment, well, in my experience, us warehouse folks will either love or grow to despise. I may have been a little overly dramatic there, but I’ve known some people that, well, just couldn't or wouldn't make it work. My experience has been with what is called a mini load. I think the official name, or what it really is would b...
2020-07-0211 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThe 26th one and how Special it is Welcome one and all, it’s my birthday week! Where are we at this week, it’s the 26th week of 2020. It has been a wild year for all of us to say the least. How many of you get the day off for your birthday? It used to be a paid holiday for us at my old company. I know they don’t do it there anymore, I’m not sure I’d take off for my birthday anymore anyway. It seems every day we’re off work we just get farther behind doesn't it! Who am I kidding, of course I’d...
2020-06-2512 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThoughts on WMS Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I’m Marty back with ya. I hope I can pronounce my words here today, I’m healing up pretty good, I guess we’ll see how it goes. I wanted to thank ya’ll for all the kind words regarding my little oral surgeries, there almost through and everything's healing up well! So, with the little down time I’ve had recently I’ve been working on a few new training classes for a couple of upcoming projects. I was asked to explain, in simple terms, what a warehouse management system or ware...
2020-06-1810 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastFlashback Thursday in Bolingbrook with Phillip and LavoilHey all, Marty here. I sure thought I’d have the voice to be with you today but we’re going to do one more flashback Thursday I guess, and it’s a good one. 2 years ago to the week we visited with Phillip and Lavoil out in Illinois on many of the subjects we’ve recently discussed! Hey all, Warehouse and Operations as a Career is in Bolingbrook Illinois today, I’m Marty and I’ve looked up Phillip and Lavoil, you’ll remember Phillip from several previous episodes, he’s shared his thoughts on a wealth of subjects wi...
2020-06-1119 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastJan '17 Customer Service/Human NatureHello all, Last week seemed like a long week right, I hope all was prosperous and productive for you! Welcome to Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we discuss the Positions and Opportunities within the Warehouse, Transportation & Operations Worlds. I’m Marty and our sole objective is to help today’s young men & women maybe break into the field, even if it’s through a general labor task and give them the pathway, keywords & experiences through our discussions & interviews to advance into Senior Management and beyond. We don’t have anything to sell, just a lot of experience and experi...
2020-06-0415 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastFlashback Thursday w/RodrigoI hope everyone had a Fantastic week, a productive week and a prosperous week so far! Today I’d like to talk about Longevity, loyalty, settling in, I’m not sure what to call it but basically discuss the, what appears to be the trend of hopping from job to job. We’ll have Rodrigo here with us today as well, if you remember he is a Regional Facilities Manager for a large sourcing company and has several Managers and Supervisors working with him at quite a few different locations. In earlier Episodes, we’ve talked about how to build our R...
2020-05-2826 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastThat Guy - Batteries Forklift and Palletjack batteries. Has your facility experienced any issues this week? Our supplier called us this week to schedule our quarterly P.M. on our equipment and almost immediately I started hearing about batteries. A palletjack battery in one state started smoking and another actually produced flames. At one facility an unloader forgot to replace a guard plate, well, he said it already wasn't there, which just meant that he failed to pre-trip his equipment, anyway he took off, made a turn and the battery slid out on the floor. Luckily it didn't turn over and spill everywhere! Oh, and one place...
2020-05-2111 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcast2020 Reboot Well, things are opening up a bit, at least here in Texas. Right or wrong, returning to some form of normal is good. For me, I’m able to get into the dentist as of this week and will get to have my procedure next week! We’re over a quarter into the year, 20 weeks in, and from a business perspective it seems like we’re just gearing up. I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career! I’m excited to hear about so many companies calling people back in and to see all the job boards lighting up, all th...
2020-05-1412 minwarehouseandoperationsasacareer's podcastAttitude - LTL, Parcel and Hot Shot Deliveries Hello all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. We’ve all gone through another great week! I’m sure we’ve dealt with or fought and won, or I hope we won, those negative human nature urges that creep up in us, and struggled through the long hours, productivity needs and maybe those error reports we dread each shift. There all normal in our industry, gonna happen every week. We have a couple of topics I want to get too today but I wanted to talk about, a word that managers are cautioned against ever using, or at least c...
2020-05-0713 min
Warehouse and Operations as a CareerWAOC on the Road – Discussing & Sharing a few First Steps into the Lead and Supervisor RolesAnd another great week is upon us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career! Marty with you again and WAOC is on the road this week, a bit farther north than you’ll typically find me but what great weather up here in Pennsylvania. I’m quite the warm weather soul but I have to admit these 50 and 60 degree days are really nice and this is some beautiful country, being the fall season with the leaves turning, cool mornings and great people I can see the appeal. I’m traveling with John, a quick business trip and taking the oppor...
2017-10-1214 minWarehouse and Operations as a CareerWAOC Mobile in Denver / Outbound Positions & Respecting EquipmentWelcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and it’s that time of year where we typically see Opportunities for employment picking up within our Industry. With summer vacations winding down and Schools gearing up many markets may experience hiring Opportunities and maybe some movement within our departments and promotions to other tasks or duties! In Distribution this is kind of prime time for Order Selectors, Runners, Haulers or really any position on the outbound or shipping side of the operations. We’ve had several questions from our recent episodes where we have discussed the elect...
2017-08-1015 min