Warehouse And Operations As A Career

Forklift and Palletjack batteries.  Has your facility experienced any issues this week?  Our supplier called us this week to schedule our quarterly P.M. on our equipment and almost immediately I started hearing about batteries.  A palletjack battery in one state started smoking and another actually produced flames.  At one facility an unloader forgot to replace a guard plate, well, he said...

Well, things are opening up a bit, at least here in Texas.  Right or wrong, returning to some form of normal is good.  For me, I’m able to get into the dentist as of this week and will get to have my procedure next week!  We’re over a quarter into the year, 20 weeks in, and from...

Hello all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career.  We’ve all gone through another great week!  I’m sure we’ve dealt with or fought and won, or I hope we won, those negative human nature urges that creep up in us,  and struggled through the long hours, productivity needs and maybe those error reports...

Welcome back!  Marty here with warehouse and operations as a career!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  Let’s see, we’re in week 18 now, I know I’m not where I thought I’d be in 18 weeks, but, hey, the last 6 weeks, I wouldn’t call normal so, I’m more than pleased with my...

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with ya!  It’s been a wild few weeks for us hasn’t it?  It appears to be getting better, a little better anyway, I’m hearing quite a few companies have called back staff and increased some of the 30 hour positions back to 40 this week!  I’m still waiting on the dentist to start seeing patients...

We all work to pay our bills and provide a better living for our families.  Some of us, I hope most of us, are fortunate enough to enjoy our jobs so much that it isn’t work at all.  I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I’d like to start off with...

Welcome to the second quarter of 2020 Ladies and Gentlemen and to another episode of warehouse and operations as a career!  I’m Marty and I for one am excited to be here, not just for bring you another episode of WAOC but I was ready for the first quarter to be over with.  It was...

Here we are, it’s that time again.  I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career!  I’ve gotten behind on questions that’s been sent in again so let’s see if we can get a few of those answered or brought up for discussion today. A gentleman named Kevin has been looking into or thinking about...

Hello all and thanks for checking in again with warehouse and operations as a career, I’m Marty, and here at WAOC we can get a little passionate, maybe overly passionate, about all of the warehouse and transportation positions out there.  All that being said, as employees we’re kind of in uncharted waters.  Not just locally...

I was looking this morning, doesn’t seem like we’ve done 182 episodes now does it?  Well, we hope to have 182 more.  When we started WAOC 3.5 years ago, I just wanted to talk a little bit about operations, something I’d always done myself, working in the warehouse and transportation fields and how with just...

Everyone having a productive and prosperous week?  I know I’ve been busy & I feel like I’ve been being productive.  I’ve been working with a new safety manager this week, getting him all settled in and showing him what all we have going on, getting him introduced to all the leads and supervisors spread out...

Well, we’re 10 weeks into the new year already!  I’m Marty with you here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career.  By now we’re usually settling into our groove.  Budgets are done, everything’s signed off on and our management teams are looking at their long-term objectives and making those personnel decisions, ad’s deletes, promotions and...

Another month is wrapping up folks!  We appreciate you stopping in with us again today!  I’m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career.  We’ve had several questions lately about the front line management positions so I thought we’d talk about what those positions are and maybe I can share a few of the pros...

Hey all, Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a career again!  We appreciate you checking in with us again, where are we at now, the 8th week of the year.  By now we should all be settled in with our goals, are you sticking to your play?  We only have 5 more weeks in...

Warehouse and Operations as a Career the Podcast. Welcome back, I’m Marty, and I find myself over in Nevada this week.  Just a regular quarterly visit really.  I completed a couple of safety walks, checking some files and I had the opportunity to visit with a few recruiters and watch’em in action!  I always enjoy...

Hey everyone, I’m Marty T Hawkins with   Warehouse and Operations as a Career.  I’m really excited about all the opportunities I’ve already seen in 2020.  Our Industry is rocking it!  A few weeks ago we learned about all the square footage being built and the different technologies that are being introduced, I think efficiencies is...

Hey Hey, and welcome to week 5 of 2020! I’m Marty and you’re here with Warehouse and Operations as a career!  How’s everyone coming along with their 2020 plans & goals?  I’m off to a pretty good start, I think.  Everything’s written down and I’ve put dates alongside what I consider my stepping stones or...

How’s everyone doing this week?  Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we talk about everything Operations, Warehousing and Transportation!  Last week we talked a little about the importance of a few tools that are important to our safety and success.  Today I thought we’d expand along the same line...

Hello all, thanks for joining us here at Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and I thought we’d talk about a few things today that are sometimes overlooked, or maybe its just things we don’t realize are so important.  First up I want to mention wheel chocks.  If you’re not familiar with a wheel chock, or a...

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career, I’m Marty and here we are in week 2 of a new decade and part 2 of our New Year New Career series.  Last week we talked about how much work it is to be looking for work.  It can be frustrating and time consuming.  A...