- Consistency of pallet shipping standards - set
standards for packing skids, placement of placard, packing slip
& Cert certificate - acceptance signed by every picker
- Review and clean up messages on message
boards. Bulletin board covered by plexiglas at time clocks for
"priority messages"
- Revise daily inspection sheets for each
type of PIT, place "book" in each PIT
- Run test at one new wrapper with plywood
sheet to raise pallet so wrap attaches properly to pallet
- Stagger start / stop times for staff
- Angled staging lanes for building "current
load"
- Leave pallets on dock wall at end of shift
instead of putting everything back in lanes
- Remove redundant handle (for clamp) on
counterbalance machines that don’t use a clamp
- Separate dedicated lanes at wrappers for
auto-wrap ready pallets
- Lane staging priorities - pick pallet lane
/ full pallet lane at each door
- Pre-shift meetings over local PA system,
currently very hard to hear & understand with machines driving
around in the background
- Re-work safety railing at zone 4 to
provide protected area for pedestrians at desk, current layout
is an accident waiting to happen
- Tie displays down to pallets with straps,
done properly would be more secure and far more professional
looking to the receive
- We need ability to review door of a
loaded pallet on forklift computer to make sure it physically
goes into right trailer without having to check with lead
- Review how Walmart and CTC orders are
assigned - finish deliveries before starting new deliveries so
they are easier to organize in staging area-would save several
hours every week
- Remove "Walcal, Walcor, Walrock"
designations - Just use CTC for drop location
- White board with load assignments,
delivery numbers and wave numbers at zone 4 desk
- Stage Speedy Quebec loads to be loaded in
afternoon when orders are more likely to be complete
- Defined shroud and ship drop lanes
- Placard issues, size of print - lane #,
delivery #, wave #, weight, Customer name - large enough to see
through plastic several feet away (separate barcodes)
- Top sheet never "wrapped over placard" -
blurs scanner beam
- Clean, dust and arrange Panographic rolls
- Floor scrubber should be used on every
shift
- Reach drivers should unstack heavy or
unstable pallets on dock
- Form in maintenance for defects and
repairs
- Tape strips to replace rolls of tape
- Situation at time clock - nobody at
timeclock before 2 minute window. 2 minute total window for
breaks, (people inside washroom not social distancing) waiting
for minute to change hiding from supervisor
- Condition of Chep pallets / supply of all
pallets
- Dedicated dump bin for unused labels
- Wood / cardboard collection boxes
throughout warehouse
- Permanent switching station for Chep pallets
with mirrors to view alignment
- Investigate skid pusher - Rig existing
"Cascade" pusher in maintenance area
- Video on forklift to review skids loaded
in trailer - dash board cam
- Dock door pull ropes
- 1" Plate on floor (portable) to raise
skids in new wrappers for wrap to grip skids
- Paint yellow railing near shipping, clean
& paint inner angle
- Pedestrian safety zone railed off at zone
4 desk,
- Auto wrapper start buttons extended away
from zone 4 rail- hanging for forklift
- Proper supply of different pallet types
and sizes
- Custom pallet sizes for Panographic rolls,
pallet repair tools - hand saw, hammer & nails
- Dedicated Chep pallet lay down lane
- Redesigned pallet stations - "walled off"
good/bad bays - 2 stacks deep
- Dust vacuum booth for dust removal
on skids
- Steel strapping, clips and protective
corners
- Doorbell / flashing light for battery
change
- Kleenex box at new wrapper buttons with
use mandatory as they are "touched and held" hundreds of times
each day
- Tape use on placards - Use pre-cut tape
strips or short strips from tape gun
- Cardboard spacers for placing between
pallets loaded in trailer - (from inbound)
- Reverse light on dock stockers
- Restock first aid boxes - bandages,
peroxide, antibiotic cream
- Batteries washed more often
- Mount clipboard on multichanger for log
sheet
- Speed of loader leaving trailers STOP
before driving out onto dock
- Film tension on filters causing damage
over time and when flipping and re-wrapping
- Drop lanes better marked for pickers
- Pallet spacing on dock
- Highlighted "phone number" at front door
to page for temperature check
- Supply of "VAS" stickers on outbound dock
to save travel to VAS - "VAS" drop lane
- Tails on CTC pallets - Posted wrapping
standard at wrappers
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