What Does Labor Day Weekend Mean to You?
The first Monday in September is Labor Day. During Labor Day Weekend, we recognize American workers’ dedication to social and economic prosperity. For the tireless labor of the American people, we pay tribute annually to employees and their contributions to the success and well-being of our country.
As the weather (somewhat) starts to cool off, we encourage everyone to take advantage of time with friends and family over this long holiday weekend. Whether you decide to travel and grill out by the lake or stay closer to home, we hope that you enjoy the extended break!
In recognition of the holiday, our offices will be closed Monday, September 3rd and will reopen on Tuesday, September 4th. So go out and enjoy the nice weather on your long weekend! Let us know how you plan to spend your break! If you miss us, feel free to check out our blog for some leisurely reading.
Broken case picking is becoming more prevalent in almost all industries, creating operational challenges for many companies. When assisting with the design of your broken case picking solution, we ensure that we create the most efficient and cost-effective solution for your facility.
Our solutions development team will utilize our vast experience to help you optimize your operation and find the right equipment, automation or technology solutions to provide you with the lowest total cost per unit throughput solution.
Broken Case Picking Design Criteria
When going through a new facility design, or an existing facility optimization, we have a set of criteria that we utilize to determine the right solution to meet your specific needs.
Our team will gain a thorough understanding of the operational challenges that you are currently experiencing, such as labor, competition, market challenges and more. We then look at the overall volume levels that you are seeing in daily activity; such as the number of orders, the number of line items, and the number of units picked, packed and shipped on a typical day.
After understanding the volume of your operation, we also take a look at the order profiles. We look at the number of line items on a typical order, and the number of units per line item. The order profiles help us to determine the most efficient picking methodologies to apply to your operational solution. We break down your demand to the SKU level to identify ideal storage mediums and utilize ABC stratification to create a slotting plan that will maximize pick efficiency.
Maximizing space utilization and operational efficiency are of paramount importance. That’s why we want to partner with you to ensure your facility is running as profitably as possible.
Let us be the ones to enhance your broken case picking operation!
For the past month, we have talked about our 40th-anniversary celebration in bulk. We mentioned where we have been, where we are now, and where we want to go in the future. As our celebrating comes to a close, we are excited to announce that three of our employees each added one more to the Storage Solutions family.
Congratulations to Heather Hutton, Brandon Pollom, and John Pennington, as well as their own families, on their latest additions!
Heather Hutton and her family welcomed their third child with their newest son, Boston, who was born in the waning hours of June 5th.
Next, we have a couple new fathers in Brandon Pollom and John Pennington. Brandon and his wife welcomed Cecilia on the afternoon of July 10th, making her the second SSI baby this summer.
And finally, John Pennington and his wife welcomed Will into the world just a couple days later on July 12th.
While we praise our employees for their work accomplishments, we are just as happy to celebrate their personal milestones as well. Congratulations to all of you, we couldn’t be more excited!
Want to join the SSI family?
We are always looking for great individuals to add to our SSI family! Click here to submit an application to one of our current openings!
This summer, we have Jake Mills as a part of our Storage Solutions family as our Inside Sales Intern.
About the Job
As the Inside Sales Intern, Jake’s main goal is to support the sales team with clients. He works on new client prospecting and searching for new leads locally in the central-Indiana area. Jake also manages the data when it comes to client needs/trends, and keeping all of that in a centralized location.
Personal Information
Jake is fairly local to the area being from Noblesville, Indiana. As a native Hoosier, he has basketball in his blood. Jake played basketball for Marian University and he currently coaches the 7th grade Zionsville Middle School basketball team. Since sports are an integral part of his life, he likes to also play golf and watch or attend various sporting events.
Want to become a part of the Storage Solutions team? Click here and fill out our application!
