Understanding the art of negotiating will take you places.
September 1, 2012
It is often said profit is made on the buy side of the equation in
wholesale distribution.
That is a true statement. However, it only holds true if you are disciplined
enough not to give that profit advantage away during the quoting and pricing
process.
The first step in the process of developing a RPP is to conduct an industrial
hygiene audit of the workplace to assess the presence of any atmospheric contaminants.
Respiratory hazards can take the form of harmful dust, fogs, fumes, mists,
gases, smoke, sprays or vapors.
It sounds like pie in the
sky, yet one of my clients is considering implementing extensive automation to
avoid the ever-escalating costs of labor. His vision would still involve some
people, not a totally peopleless warehouse - one in which, day and night, all
physical movement of items is handled by automated equipment controlled by
software.