If you ever have an opportunity to tour the UPS Hub in Richmond, Virginia, I would highly recommend it.
I would like to give a special thanks to the CSCMP Central Virginia Chapter for putting last weeks tour together and to Rob Mason, Industrial Engineering Manager, and Adriana White, Industrial Engineering Supervisor for the Twilight Shift, for taking time from their busy schedules at UPS to provide the tour.
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Computer and printer industry heavyweight Hewlett-Packard had a problem with its Sandston, Virginia-based manufacturing and distribution facility. Employees were damaging building columns with powered equipment at an alarming rate. This meant some hefty repair bills for HP—repairing a single damaged column could cost between $4,000 and $10,000, and replacing a severely damaged column could cost up to $15,000. Most of the warehouse work was done by third-party logistics companies, making it difficult for HP to hold individual drivers accountable, so they needed help coming up with an alternate solution. Read the rest of this entry »
