Senator Ossoff, If we sucked for 3 months It will take us at least that long to recover Once upon a time We lost $10k in one weekend Knowing how we got there was the start Inbound Peak starts in October Seasonal people should start by 10.01 We didn't do our Seasonal Job fair until 09.2x We brought on Seasonal people in DECEMBER But here's where we did something different Seasonals are normally spread evenly Across the 4 shifts You know, minimize the risk But this year, we decided to Atlanta Falcon-it "Let's let all the regular employees choose first And then backfill with all the Seasonals" I worked weekend night shift What do you think happened to my shift? I lost 1st, 2nd, and 3rd string POCs to a more desirable shift And ended up with ALL the Seasonal Hires Worst week, 20 new hires at once first day, was all classroom 12 hour shifts That's what? 240 hours Day 2 was half day classroom Another 120 hours Day 3, they slow down vets Easily lost another 120 hours 480, lets call it 475 hours in the hole (more like 500) Team, we will NOT break even next week That's an UNREALISTIC expectation But what we CAN do Better yet, what we CAN'T do is be the same 475 hours in the hole NEXT week We CAN'T lose more than 425 hours We'll get cussed out as long as we're losing Rome wasn't built in a day, nor was it destroyed in one Did they use actual curse words? No, but corporate cuss outs are worse We lost 425 hours the following weekend Okay, now we need to aim for 375 WE had our game plan and sights set And you guessed it, corporate cuss out Whatever Now lets go for 325 "You guys are underperforming. Sign this." Cool beans. 275 is the goal "You guys are dragging the building down." Whatever Following week 225 "How can you be engaged with paperwork on you?" You know how this ends By Week 10, we had broke even What happened the final 3 weeks was amazing As we faded Like at the end of The Sandlot I'm doing this to know how to do it in the future We had all the goofy shit in the recipe for disaster Like Week 3 trainees training Week 1 trainees The RPDC has been open THREE months So what if you're at 36% on-time. Perfect Change 2 or 3 things.. BOOM! 50% A few more things.. 65% Going from 36% to 90% Is more about NOT beating yourself Which is why I use the Atlanta Falcons example Did the RPDC try to go 100% to capacity Within the first 90 days of opening? It took Walmart over 2 years That's being generous A Million sq ft warehouse is not a government program Tax payers have nothing to do with the KPI You have to run it! For the last 19 years Every jacked up situation I've encountered I sent the action plan from my work email to myself I wrote the action plan these are not company secrets glide path, burndown, backlog oh my Getting Warehouses MORE thruput using the SAME hours. I offer a complimentary 30-minute discussion to walk through what that looks like for you. #strategy #business #creativity #innovation #xpandurangeamotion
Bouncing back takes time, but learning from mistakes is where the magic happens—just like fixing a bike after a tumble, it's about getting better each time till you're cruising smoothly!
This demonstrates clearly how knowing the numbers carves a sure path to change!
Massive value. Thanks for spelling out the stuff so clearly. I can apply this to my business.
Efficiency can breed productivity and it can be contagious
Adrian Betts, the attention to detail is intense, but it pays off with outstanding productivity.
Adrian Betts thank you for showing how time speeds up the last quarter of the year. So much money to be gained, but yet there is so much money lost. Time...
“DDAFBS”. Love it!!!
Brilliant as usual. This one I understood. The Sandlot reference helped!
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