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Best Practices for Optimizing Warehouse Space With Joe Ferris
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Joe Ferris is the director of distribution at a popular sporting goods apparel retailer. Joe has been in the warehousing and distribution business since he was 18. He started as an Order Picker for Raley's Supermarket, using a grocery list and pencil to pour in orders in its Sacramento warehouse. For 24 years, Joe worked his way up to management, from Foreman to Operations Manager. In 2014, he joined Grocery Outlet as its General Manager in charge of the Sacramento Dry Goods Grocery Distribution Center and eventually became Senior General Manager in charge of both the Sacramento and Pennsylvania distribution centers.
In this episode…How can you optimize warehouse space? What can you do to maximize limited space to improve efficiency?
To build a reliable supply chain, companies need a well-coordinated system for managing orders and reserves. Having ample floor space is not enough. You need an efficient system for managing storage to avoid wastefulness and ensure a smooth flow of products.
In this episode of The Tao of Pizza Podcast, Mark Hiddleson interviews Joe Ferris, the director of distribution at a popular sporting goods apparel retailer, about best practices for optimizing warehousing space. Joe explains how voice picking works, shares his experience working at Grocery Outlet, and discusses the lessons he learned from being an Order Picker at Raley’s Supermarkets.
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