How to Take Your Warehouse Wireless
Dorfman Pacific needed to grow, so it needed to get rid of the paper processes that held it back.
Enjoy the Fruits of Your Labor
Almost two years later, the vision of a wireless warehouse is a reality. Workers now take advantage of wireless networking, handhelds and scanners, bar codes, and streamlined shipping and receiving procedures. All product inventory is seamlessly tracked and there’s not much paper floating around the warehouse. "As far as paper to manage inventory, we don’t have it," Dulle says.
He won’t say what the total project cost but notes the company is looking out three years for the return on its investment. Meanwhile, three peak seasons have come and gone using the new system, and executives are happy with the results. Dorfman Pacific now handles approximately double the number of orders during its peak periods and has sliced labor costs by nearly 30 percent in the warehouse.
"We had a significant increase in [shipments] during the last peak season, and we handled it with less people," Dulle says. "We can take market share from competitors because we can deliver faster now."
Senior Writer Thomas Wailgum can be reached at twailgum@cio.com.
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