The Hidden Cost of Outdated Warehouse Solutions
– No one likes to think of themselves as “outdated.” Granted, it’s a relative term. When most people hear it, they think of solutions that are a generation or two behind what they are currently using. This definition allows them to push off modernizing their own solutions, even if they, themselves, are a generation or two behind where they should be. So, before we talk about the benefits of warehouse modernization or the costs associated with procrastination, let’s see where your current warehouse solution stands by answering a few questions.
- Do you notice a significant difference between your work devices and your personal ones?
- Do your workers have to adjust to your solution vs. the other way around?
- Do your devices still have a green screen?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions… congratulations, you have an outdated solution. Now let’s take a look at what that’s costing you to hold on to it.
Modernizing the Warehouse
Faster delivery requirements. Global shortage of warehouse workers. Ever-increasing volumes. These are just a few of the challenges facing supply chain enterprises today. In addition to costing you money in terms of downtime, inaccuracy, and replacement costs, your outdated solutions are ineffective in helping you deal with these current and future issues. By modernizing your warehouse through digital transformation, your team’s operations will become more seamless, making them quicker, more accurate, and able to handle a greater volume of work. You, in turn, will gain greater insight through multiple data collection points and become a more attractive opportunity for tech-savvy millennials who view warehousing as an “old-fashioned” low-tech business.
Listed here are the top seven labor initiatives in order from global respondents, each of which can be accomplished more quickly and efficiently through supply chain modernization.
- Worker comfort and ergonomics
- Optimizing the use of temporary/seasonal labor
- Increasing training to retain labor and develop career paths
- Training labor more quickly to reduce time and expense
- Recruiting labor with more technical skill sets
- Addressing labor shortages
- Replacing an aging workforce
DCT Solutions Group and Zebra – Your Modernization Partners
With decades of experience and background in the supply chain, DCT is your go-to resource for modernization through digital transformation. We help our customers remain competitive and relevant as the business world becomes increasingly virtual and digital. We work directly with you to help rethink old operating models, processes, and technology to better serve your team members, your managers, your customers, and your bottom line. At DCT Solutions Group, our solutions help drive fundamental changes to how businesses operate and how they deliver value. And while every company is unique, we’ve helped a number of supply chain partners evolve their processes with a comprehensive package of solutions, service, and maintenance centered on a full complement of Zebra devices!
Zebra is known the world over for their exceptional quality, durability, and dedication to mobile technologies. Zebra puts their expertise, insight, and reputation into everything they make. And Zebra has the largest range of enterprise-optimized devices in the business, purpose built to maximize business agility, mobility, and productivity. They’re delivering improvements in efficiency and customer service for organizations in all kinds of industries, all over the world!
Modernization is Just the First Step
Realizing that it’s time to modernize your warehouse mobility solution is just the first step in digital transformation – an important one to be certain – but the first, nonetheless. The next is to begin a conversation with the mobility experts at DCT. We’ll talk about your specific project and how to optimize the greatest organizational value. Based on these results, we can help you modernize your warehouse with a complete mobility solution designed to exceed your expectations. We also assist our customers in the change management that accompanies modernization in order to ensure adoption, improve processes, and enable innovation.
It’s simple. Your outdated warehouse solutions are slowing you down and making you less competitive in the marketplace. Contact DCT and let us help create your personalized path to modernization through digital transformation and help you grow both efficiently and effectively.
Learn more about Modernizing your Warehouse, visit us at www.dctkc.com
