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 It is not your customer's responsibility to make you profitable.

 We received a lot of positive feedback from our last "reprint". We are going back to another one that brought to bear more basics. This Issue 205 was published almost 2 years ago. It is your responsibility to make your Company profitable.

As the "Economic Downturn" starts looking more like a "New Economy" everyone needs to look at how to do profitable business.  This week we start looking at what your food distribution and processing business will need to do to not only survive but flourish in this new economic reality

As I recently said to my staff, "If we all wait for something to happen in this economy, when it eventually happens most of us won't be here. Let's get out there and let them know we're here, and we're making deals. What's happening outside is the same for us as for everyone else so let them know we're going to work together to find a profitable way to do business."

Well over a year ago in Issue 149 we looked at ways to shape up as the recession started to hit home.  Much of the advice at that time was to refine your company to a lean and profitable machine, evaluating products, customers and vendors that were not profitable to maintain.  Now business owners need to start looking at how to bring the customers that were cut loose during the recession in as profitable customers.

When the economy is flush with money business owners are able to force these low profit deals through by insisting on minimum orders, or accepting low profit percentages and "making it up in volume."  When cash is scarce these deals become unattractive and many business are tempted to sit back and wait until the economy "recovers."  Business owners that fall into this trap are making a fatal mistake.

It is not your customer's responsibility to make you profitable.

If you are waiting for the economy or your customers to make you profitable,
 you will never gain an advantage over your competition.

So let's look at several topics you should be addressing to make the most of every deal.

• Manage the labor force
  Labor is the largest controllable expense item in your DC. Successful practices to improve performance can lower your labor cost.
• Hiring, retention and attrition (turnover)
  Labor is your first or second largest expense after outbound freight in the fulfillment center. Review the reasons attrition is so high and work to close the gap. Review your hiring, retention and training practices. How well are you able to staff for the peaks?
• Slotting
  Effective slotting practices can lower your costs for picking, replenishment, and putaway warehouse labor.
• Picking options
  How can you use best practices to improve picking productivity?
• Performance reporting
  The old adage of, "You can't improve what you don't measure" is certainly true. An effective measurement and reporting process can improve performance and lower costs.
• Freight management
  Controlling inbound and outbound freight can make the difference between a profit or loss for your business.
• Receiving practices and cross docking
  Cross docking is an effective practice to reduce handling and costs while improving customer service and shipping costs.
• Process returns more efficiently
  Returns cost more than orders to process. Untimely processing of customer credits, refunds and exchanges can damage customer service. Our assessments look at use of staff, people, space and systems to improve productivity. 
• Finding the right level of automation and systems
  ROI analysis could put automation into your planning for cost improvement. The wrong material handling equipment can be creating hidden lost time and inefficient product flow, impacting cost and customer service.
• Warehouse management/bar code systems
  This should include reviewing how bar coding throughout the warehouse, conveyance, material handling and warehouse management systems can improve productivity, increase service levels and reduce costs.
• Inventory management in the warehouse
  Effective inventory management is the single most important tool to improve customer service and reduce cost of operation.
• Replenishment practices
  Effective replenishment is the basis of successful order fulfillment. Inefficient replenishment will cost huge dollars and negatively impact customer service.

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