Warehouse and Operations as a Career

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 movi...

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 en...

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...

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 an...

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 particul...

Have 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...

Last 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...

How 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 goal...

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 l...

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...

So today we are 14 days into the 4 th  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...

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...

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 ...

Hello 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 1 st and 2 nd shifts of another facility. We talk a lot about distr...

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 liste...

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...

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 maintenan...

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...

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 & turnin...

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.  W...

Hi 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 l...

This 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,...

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’...

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...

Ha, I just noticed this is episode 250, the 250 th  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...