Items Tagged with 'Catalyst'

Late last year, The Container Store pulled the plug on its old RF picking system and switched over to voice. The result? A 10-percent productivity gain.

At the Container Store's DC, there's no need for bosses to ride herd over work crews. Performance scores displayed on a giant electronic scoreboard let workers pace themselves throughout the day.

If they want to get the most from simulation software, DCs will first have to shake their old notions about when to use computer modeling.

You're in good company. Even the leading-edge DCs are shying away from the revolutionary in favor of more traditional equipment that's better, cheaper and faster and increasingly controlled by computers.

Faster, higher, stronger ... that's what DC execs are demanding of their warehousing systems. Once they get a taste, they always want just a little bit more.