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TESTIMONIALS

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LoadProof Testimonial – Global Leader in Protective Cases

LoadProof Testimonial – Global Leader in the Design & Manufacture of High-Performance Protective Cases “Load Proof has helped us capture everything from a BOL picture to a container seal, best of all it’s an easy access tool for both the Third Party Logistics Service provider and the customer.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Global Play & Entertainment Company

LoadProof Testimonial – Global Play & Entertainment Company “I like that everything you need is within the app, such as camera, video, trailer and load options. Another thing that is great about the app is that it collects all photos, videos by time and date on the website. This app really helps my site in inspecting the trailers or if we have issues with incorrect seals and after we load trailers. Makes the process very…

LoadProof Testimonial – Juan Ramirez, DHL Supply Chain

LoadProof Testimonial – Juan Ramirez, DHL Supply Chain “Streamlines Audit Process”

LoadProof Testimonial – Victor Aguilar, Resideo

LoadProof Testimonial – Victor Aguilar, Resideo “The application is very user friendly.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Joe Soto, Swanson Tool

LoadProof Testimonial – Joe Soto, Swanson Tool “EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR.”

LoadProof Testimonial – David Conover, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – David Conover, Kenco “The workflow inside LoadProof is so easy; the steps are simple for us to retrieve the data. I can even tell where the driver is by looking at the data. It has made our life so much easier; we would have to follow 10 steps to get our data before, but with LoadProof we are able to retrieve data in just 3 steps. This saves a lot of time…

LoadProof Testimonial – Paulette Johnson, Post Consumer Brands

LoadProof Testimonial – Paulette Johnson, Post Consumer Brands “LoadProof helps us with the following: Capture damage from incoming loads to DC’s from Manufacturing plants or DC to DC transfers, provide feedback as needed. Capture load securement. Capture as many loads as we can stage or while being loaded to validate load condition to the customer. With these capabilities, we are able to better serve our customers.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Adriana Benavides, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Adriana Benavides, Kenco “LoadProof helps since the platform allows you to upload after taking the pictures without needing to use cables. It is a big asset at our site, since it is so easy to download onto phones and iPads.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Julio Lopez, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Julio Lopez, Kenco Group “With LoadProof I am able to send photos of what condition our product was shipped in. I am now able to push damage claims back onto the carriers as I have the pictures to show.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Don Powell, XPO Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Don Powell, XPO Logistics “As a General Manager for a 3PL Warehouse, I was responsible for shipping our products to our customer’s customer. Somehow, we were told that we were not doing a good job when we shipped the products. So, we started using LoadProof, basically we started taking pictures of every single pallet that would leave our facility, we uploaded those pictures to the LoadProof cloud and made it available for…

LoadProof Testimonial – Jerry Zyskowski, Method Products pbc

LoadProof Testimonial – Jerry Zyskowski, Method Products pbc “LoadProof – Taking pictures has instilled a very good discipline among our loaders in house, hence we are able to ensure our loads are prepped up and loaded on the trucks at a much better quality. This directly results in better customer satisfaction and long-term relationships with our customers.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Thiel, DSW Distribution

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Thiel, DSW Distribution “LoadProof lets us be able to do it more efficiently, quickly and keep it organized and stored. We saved approximately $30,000 per year on the labor costs alone, there are many other benefits that we are not able to quantify accurately, overall we like LoadProof a lot.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Tim Campbell, XPO Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Tim Campbell, XPO Logistics “We export a lot of our products through the containers. LoadProof is easy to document such loads that are being exported because I can take pictures superfast, upload them to the cloud and the pictures stay there forever. I can share those pictures with anybody, in case of a claims situation or if there any questions on the condition of the product when it was loaded. I find…

LoadProof Testimonial – Emmanuel Bradley, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Emmanuel Bradley, Kenco “With LoadProof it is so easy to show we did our job right, by retrieving photos, even though we did our job weeks or months ago. Vendors were able to look at the images whenever they want”.

LoadProof Testimonial – Bosch, Denise Agudelo

LoadProof Testimonial – Denise Agudelo, Bosch “It is a vital program to our operation and prevents us from being responsible for damages to product after it leaves our warehouse because we can prove the load was not damaged when it left our warehouse.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Ernesto Ayala, Saddle Creek Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Ernesto Ayala, Saddle Creek Logistics “The customer’s customer claimed there were a couple of damage units, so our customer went ahead and asked us. As we had photos of it and he let them know that we did have those pictures as proof and then the $1900 claim was dismissed. LoadProof was so easy to implement, no training required. Anybody with delivery issues would highly benefit from LoadProof, customers with shortages and…

LoadProof Testimonial – Craiglyn Mullins, Mannington Mills

LoadProof Testimonial – Craiglyn Mullins, Mannington Mills “LoadProof helped with our claims – as long as they’re doing their part on the dock and taking their pictures then we have to go back and say, we did our job right and it dropped a lot of claims. Before we had LoadProof we wouldn’t have a way to look at this. It saves us a lot of money and it’s helping us a lot. Looking at…

LoadProof Testimonial – Troy Hansen, Daikin Applied

LoadProof Testimonial – Troy Hansen, Daikin Applied “Saves 20 or 30 hours of labor per week per site by managing the Phototaking process. We go back to customers that ask – hey what did this look like before left or what it looked like when you when you shipped it. Certainly from a cost deterrent of claims being made back to us.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Jameson Durrah, Ryder

LoadProof Testimonial – Jameson Durrah, Ryder “We wanted to make sure we provided pictures with customers with the load bars and packing we did, we did this with the digital camera, it was very difficult to manage the pictures. We would spend all day finding pictures. We wanted a better process, LoadProof has worked very well. When we have a claim against us, we can go back to the pictures and show that when the…

LoadProof Testimonial – Paulo Lubag, Kohler

LoadProof Testimonial – Paulo Lubag, Kohler “With LoadProof we can take different sample audits out there and use that as a training tool or a process improvement tool to really stabilize the shipping processes. We are looking to expand LoadProof across our other facilities. Overall we have improved in the Loading process, we are doing better year over year, our customer service team keeps their eye on the claims that we are receiving. The tool…

LoadProof Testimonial – Dan Wintemute, Track Loader Parts

LoadProof Testimonial – Dan Wintemute, Track Loader Parts “Before the way our system is set up I’d never really know which one of my warehouse associates pulled the order, who acted and who shipped it. So there was no accountability as far as someone is shipping the wrong part or shipping the wrong quantity. But now that everyone has a username. Once we go to that Photo we automatically know who took the photo of…

LoadProof Testimonial – Dennis Walker, NCR

LoadProof Testimonial – Dennis Walker, NCR ” The most important aspect that is helping NCR is the centralized repository of phots that can be accessed by everyone in the Supply Chain, even when they are working from a different location. Also the video is helpful, before we had a different systems, one for photos and another one for the video, so we were jumping between two different systems and it was a pain, I love…

LoadProof Testimonial – Jaye Nardo, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Jaye Nardo, Kenco “Very simple to use, use it in Smartphone/Tablet/Desktop. Retrieval of Pics is very easy. Eliminated 10 to 15 load rejections per month, 10% of the total loads shipped were rejected, which resulted in saving about $10K per month, because we are able to show pics that we did our job right. No more culpability – wrong blame, customer relationship has improved significantly. We are doing the right thing for…

LoadProof Testimonial – Marlo Gillum, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Marlo Gillum, Kenco “Reduce freight claims by 85 to 90%, naturally reduced the chargebacks and claims. Loadproof has helped win the trust and confidence with the customer. The freight claims and the chargebacks have come down by 85 to 90%. With LoadProof we are able to clearly show the condition of the product that left our facility. Our customer has also taken an extra step to integrate LoadProof with the Accounts Receivable…

LoadProof Testimonial – Josh Keeney, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Josh Keeney, Kenco “LoadProof is so easy to use. It is easy to store the pictures with the correct context. It is so easy to retrieve the pics you need. It has saved a lot of $$$ for us. It pays for itself 1000 times over.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Rick Olson, Sealed Air

LoadProof Testimonial – Rick Olson, Sealed Air “We captured more than 500 pictures in its first two months of deployment. For Sealed Air, the results were dramatic. Our site saw a 95-percent reduction in customer complaints, translating into an estimated $10,000 in cost savings per month for that one location alone. The solution provided transparency for everyone in the supply chain, including the distribution center, end customers, Sealed Air personnel, customer service reps and carriers.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Brandon Vanstell, Stryker

LoadProof Testimonial – Brandon Vanstell, Stryker “LoadProof Helps to Quickly & Accurately figure out: incorrect shipments, what is wrong with the shipment, and how to streamline processes in the warehouse to reduce man-hours spent, It is also really easy to use. It’s a life saver if you will. LoadProof enables the warehouse team to be accountable for all our efforts. We are able to show through photos how we loaded the pallets. We strive to…

LoadProof Testimonial – Luke Gendreau, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Luke Gendreau, Kenco “Damages to the product when it arrived at the DC was too much. After LoadProof we are able to capture photos both Inbound & Outbound Been using for more than a year, saving about $5K to $10K per month, considering the number of claims that are rejected now, because we are able to show pics that we did our job right, just the overall increase, the damages we are…

LoadProof Testimonial – Ryan Bicksler , Berner Food & Beverages

LoadProof Testimonial – Ryan Bicksler, Berner Food & Beverages “$10K in savings per month. Most recently 7 trailers were rejected in a week Started using LoadProof – Less & less rejected trailers After Started using LoadProof – Max 1 rejected trailer a week Saved a ton of $$$ – saving anywhere from $10K to $20K per month . The amount of rejected loads have decreased significantly – WE WILL HAVE 4 to 6 TRAILERS REJECTED…

LoadProof Testimonial – Greg Wiltse, WMS Support

LoadProof Testimonial – Greg Wiltse, WMS Support “Used a 12 year old PC with an old school scanner/camera to take pictures for about 10 to 12 years. Started using LoadProof – everything is so much easier now, don’t need the elaborate infrastructure we used to have that has reduced labor by 2 people. Been using for more than a year now. When I found LoadProof, It is a giant relief, I did not have to…

LoadProof Testimonial – Daniel Levy, Weber Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Daniel Levy, Weber Logistics “Thank you for your partnership and support. Loadproof solves some important challenges for our company and its clients.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Eliud Carpiett

LoadProof Testimonial – Eliud Carpiett, SDI “Load-Proof application support our claims process very well, we like it and see the big benefit of having such a great web-based software to store our day to day pictures in our shipping/receiving department.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Landon pelley, Steel and Pipe Supply

LoadProof Testimonial – Landon pelley, Steel and Pipe Supply “I like Load proof because it allows us to cover ourselves in the event of mis-shipments or customer complaints. Its been a game changer in the way we record and document completed loads.”

LoadProof Testimonial – Sandra High, DHL Supply Chain

LoadProof Testimonial – Sandra High, DHL Supply Chain “We have been able to use our load proof pictures as back up when we get a carrier/customer complaint”

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Supply Chain Brain CSCMP 2017 Kristi Montgomery, Kenco

 Back up for a moment. What would be a typical situation as the result? Number of humans. And some of them we can’t address with this solution like We’re going to explore solutions for retailer chargebacks and the case study that’s a finalist in the Supply Chain Innovation Awards Competition at the Council of Supply Chain Management’s EDGE 2017 Conference in Atlanta this year. My guest to explain it is Christie Montgomery. She is…

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Evans

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Evans

LoadProof Testimonial – Joseph Simonetta

LoadProof Testimonial – Joseph Simonetta Great application. Big fan! saved me a ton of money charge backs

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Quinn Farmer, Mattel

The buyer challenge are the load proof pictures. Correct. Correct. Absolutely. And, now that, you know, we like, back then when you signed up with us, we were, just a photo documentation system. But now in 2 years, 3 years time, we have, we have grown as a company which provide more leader operations, giving more supplies and visibility. It’s not only shipping department that is confined to use load proof even with the customized…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Kelly Kierzek, Avon Plastics

“So, Kelly, you know, my name is Pugash Sankarab. You know, I’m the principal with Loadproof. Thank you very much for taking the time to, you know, join this call. You know, we can we can get started. So if you could please, you know, introduce yourself, right, your role and your day to day response to these activities you do, we can we can get started there. Okay. My name is Kelly Kirchak, and…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jesse Koehr, Euri Lighting

Feedback from Euri-Lighting Team What are some of the key benefits of utilizing LoadProof services? It’s great that I can take photos of the pallet condition (packing condition of the items) for the order. It’s convenient because I can look them up when needed later. It’s useful that I can input photos and the SO# together, allowing me to match the photo with the corresponding order. Can you share some examples of how LoadProof made…

Justin Hubbard

https://youtu.be/oaJBdKxGcz8 So great Justin, you know, thank you very much for taking the time uh to join this call. You know, my name is Pugash Shankar. I’m the principal with Smart GL Load Proof. The way I look at it is that we build race cars, but we don’t get to race them; you guys raise them. It’s always exciting to hear from you guys on the system, how well it’s working for you, and…

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LoadProof Video Testimonial – Steve Snyder, Garland Rugs Sales

Rugs, things like that. Mhmm. And January is always a good season for that. So Okay. Yeah. Those those are 2 big big seasons for us. Great. Great. I’m I mean, I’m just you know, I was just surprised that, you know I mean, obviously, right, you know, we are doing everything to help you folks be successful with Loadproof and and, you know, we’ve got so many customers that have had, you know, significant,…

LoadProof Testimonial – Trever E, Kenco Logistic

LoadProof Testimonial – Trever E, Kenco Logistics “Best, easiest to use app for quickly photo-documenting shipments!” What do you like best about LoadProof? LoadProof is so simple to use! We did a wrapper-mounted deployment of LoadProof, and came in the next morning to train the users, but they were already using it successfully. The features are well thought thru to do exactly what is needed, and the LoadProof team is on-call to assist with any…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jason Boland, Bosch Rexroth

Perfect. You know, thank you for taking the time, Jason, to, you know, share feedback on load proof. Right? You know, and and so yeah. Yeah. And, you know, the way that, you know, we look at it as, right, we build race cars, but we don’t get to raise them. You guys raise them. So it’s always, you know, you know, we wanna hear from you in terms of how it’s working out. Right?…

LoadProof Testimonial – Alex F, Better Body Foods

LoadProof Testimonial – Alex F, Better Body Foods “LoadProof for Inbound/Outbound Shipments” What do you like best about LoadProof? Having incorporated Load proof into our process has unabled us to effectively submit claims, provide information to both our internal department as well as our customers, brokers and 3PL (third party logistics) partners. The thousands of fees and damaged product recovered thanks to Load Proof has more than paid for the subscriiption itself. Not to mention,…

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TAGG Logistics LoadProof Case Study

TAGG Logistics LoadProof Case Study https://youtu.be/oaJBdKxGcz8 So great Justin, you know, thank you very much for taking the time uh to join this call. You know, my name is Pugash Shankar. I’m the principal with Smart GL Load Proof. The way I look at it is that we build race cars, but we don’t get to race them; you guys raise them. It’s always exciting to hear from you guys on the system, how well…

Ferrero LoadProof Rollout – Case study

Ferrero LoadProof Rollout – Case study

NCR LoadProof Rollout – Case Study

NCR LoadProof Rollout – Case Study https://youtu.be/WpQQ2shhAb4 What job were you trying to do at NCR or what problem were you trying to solve there? So what we were trying to do was have a shared environment that our customers and our team could use. We’re a global company, so someone from Atlanta may be trying to see how the load quality was on an order that shipped out of Nashville or Boston. You had…

American Textile LoadProof Rollout – Case study

American Textile LoadProof Rollout – Case study Alright. So, before we go ahead, Chrissy, so what were the, actual problem that your team was trying to solve before, you know, like, using your proof? Before so, you know, what happens typical day is the VC auditors are out on the floor, and they’re auditing to make sure when our, pillows or whatever the product is, mattress covers, it’s a bedding. We we do bedding. So…

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LoadProof Testimonial – John M, World Class Industries

LoadProof Testimonial – John M, World Class Industries “LoadProof Saves us Time and Money” What do you like best about LoadProof? We implemented LoadProof to help drive accountability between us and our customer. We were frequently getting rejections back from the customer and we were positive the damage was happening at the customer’s site. We implemented LoadProof and started taking pictures of every single outgoing shipment to the customer with each product labeled uniquely. We…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – John Barry Kenco More Testimonials

We are operating a brand new site out in Arizona, tagged as BP Arizona. We just got them up and running this past Monday, so a week ago yesterday. You’re going to see them ramping up; it’s obviously a smaller site than mine, more like the interstate battery size sites. One of the big selling features for us with the customer was Load Proof. The fact that we can capture inbound right out of the…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Ron Ferguson LP Testimonial Final

All right, Ron, thank you very much for taking the time to join this call. So, yeah, if you could please introduce yourself, your organization, and your day-to-day responsibilities, we can get started there. My name is Ron Ferguson. I’m vice president of Ferguson Associates. We’re a third-party logistics provider that does everything from transportation logistics to holding inventory, order fulfillment, pick-pack, and shipping, along with many other value-added services. One of those value-added services…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Dickson Furniture LP Testimonial

For our LTLs for our pallet size shipments. Okay, um, the idea at first was, uh, a lot of at the time, the majority of our warranty orders were coming from our LTL orders somehow getting damaged either during transit or, unfortunately, sometimes it’s damaged here while it was being built. Okay, or also damaged at the delivery of the property. Okay, and then we didn’t have a way, uh, we didn’t really have a…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Brandon Vanstell, Stryker

So the load proof app is it’s basically a it captures a photo and will it’ll link it to a load number so we can reference it at a later point in time. So if there’s damage on a container or something shifts in transit, if we wanna kinda do a before and after on how we secure freight, we can reference that load number. If there’s questions about if proper strapping or proper, materials…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Rick Olson, Sealed Air

Kenco Logistics Innovates TO Slash Customers Chargebacks. We have 3 speakers. Christy Montgomery, Vice President Innovation, Research and Development, Kenco Logistics Services. Christy is responsible for leading innovation in the supply chain through value generation, research and development of new solutions. She has 27 years leading supply chain technology and innovation initiatives for a top 10 North American 3PL. She Sharon heard bachelor’s in organizational management from Covenant College. We have Rick Olson, executive director…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jenny Halsor, Colorado District Attorneys’ Council

  We’ll get started. Yeah. So, Jenny, thank you very much for taking the time to join this call. So, you know, see, we we you know, this is the analogy that I always use. You know, we build race cars, but but you guys are the ones that are, you know, users of the race car and the beneficiaries of the race car. So we wanna understand. Right? I mean, we don’t get to…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Ross Chesaniuk, Kering

  Okay. So we would say that so, like, now we have 3 deals. We have You’re saying that the the QR code right now is giving you the sales order number Mhmm. And the carton ID? Yes. 7 digits and 5 digits. Got it. Because that carton ID should be capturing what you’re asking for, which is the The carton. No. The carton ID. Customer The carton ID. The carton? We’re gonna stop reset….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Hector Pulido, Hawker Pacific Aerospace

  Okay. So we would say that so, like, now we have 3 deals. We have You’re saying that the the QR code right now is giving you the sales order number Mhmm. And the carton ID? Yes. 7 digits and 5 digits. Got it. Because that carton ID should be capturing what you’re asking for, which is the The carton. No. The carton ID. Customer The carton ID. The carton? We’re gonna stop reset….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Breanna Boozer, Samsung

  So, you know, Brianna, thank you very much for taking the time to join this, I know, feedback, call. You know, so if you could please, right, introduce yourself and your roles and, you know, the organization that you’ve worked for on a day to day basis. Right? What do you do? We can get started there. Yes. My name is Brianna Buser. I work for Samsung Electronics. Sure. I work in their back…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – John Delasso, Fusion Transport

    Director of Opera Director of Warehouse Operations for Fusion Transport. Not not a long time with Fusion. I started in August, but one of the first things I integrated into the building was was load proof. So far so good with them. System’s been running real well and doing exactly what it was supposed to. Great. Great. And yeah. And and we have and we have Joe, you know, Joe Grandes from Wilton….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Josh Keeney, Kenco

https://youtu.be/Tdk7vj-P8Dk?si=9wrRi5etVEKrGyjV Hey Josh, thank you very much for taking the time with this interview. This note is immensely valuable. Start with a quick introduction about the facility and go from there. So we are a working go logistic services. We’re a third-party fulfillment agent for a range of customers. The current customer we have in our facility has a product line that is very unique to our vertical. The products are expensive, and we need…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – David Conover, Kenco

https://youtu.be/lf8AQmLDTpA?si=uPaum9BibswihOy9 All right, so I’ll get started. Thank you, David, for taking the time to help us with this video interview. So, you know, where were you guys before? I mean, let’s start from the beginning. Before you guys started, where were you and what was the problem that you had? What were some of the frustrations? Also, if you could please start with the question of your business and your facility. That’ll be great….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Mark Ledkins, Steel & Pipe Supply

  Good morning. Hi. Hi, Hector. Thanks for taking the time to join this call. Yep. No. It’s see, I mean, I’m the you know, I’m Puga Sankar. We haven’t met before. You know, I’ve, you know, started this company and, you know, created this product and all that. Right? So, you know, we we, you know, make a lot of, you know, assumptions and, you know, based on our past experience, we, you know,…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Ernesto Ayala, Saddle Creek Logistics

https://youtu.be/WAfX2qhXLDs About that, you know how that transpired or what happened there? Oh, okay, well yeah, one of their customers claimed damage—actually, a couple damage units. So our customer went ahead and asked us if we had photos of it, and he let them know that we did have those pictures as proof. And yeah, the claim was dismissed. Oh, that’s great! You were able to get off the hook there for any liability or…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Paulo Lubag, Kohler

https://youtu.be/w6CJLpBsgKE Um, so you know what is something that you guys like about this tool? Right, if you could say three things about the tool that you guys like a lot, know what is that? You know, three things that you would say. Yeah, definitely! Obviously, just the actual solution itself, right? The fact that we are taking a more modern approach, I guess you’d call it, in this part of our operations. Uploading and…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Isolda Nunez, Springfield Creamery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LEYJ8mtjQM Some time ago, and you know how has the experience been. You know how useful it is, right? If you could please give us some feedback on how the experience has been so far, you know that’ll help us a lot. Oh yeah, I’d love to. So one thing that has been good for us is to help with the same resolution. However, we did get one of the devices from Load Proof so…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Andrew Shiang, Reckitt Benckiser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl9ZFxS_UgA i think we haven’t met before. um you’ve been working with uh karthik before and then now part. yeah okay great i mean thank you for being a customer with load proof and i hope we are delivering on all the commitments and the promises we made. right that’s always uh you know our experience with loadproof has been very positive so far. it definitely lines up with kind of what we’re looking for…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – John Pocock, Koki Holdings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsS7PBqqTXE You guys doing okay? Yeah, doing well. Thank you, thank you for asking. Uh, so with me I have Pauga; he’s the principal of Smart Gladiator and the innovator for this product, Load Proof. As you know, we are meeting for custom categories—this is a feature I’m going to give you a demo of. But before jumping onto that, Pauga would like to get some feedback from you regarding the product. Yeah, thank you…

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Shoemaker, Griffin

https://youtu.be/qNdO6oDVhas Thank you for taking the time, Chris. You know, I mean, we always appreciate it. It’s rare that we get this opportunity to hear from you guys. We make this tool with so much passion, thinking of all possible scenarios. We do the best we can, but at the end of the day, when we hear from people like yourself using the tool daily, that’s what makes us see the value. So, if you…

LoadProof Testimonial – Denise Agudelo, Bosch

LoadProof Testimonial – Denise Agudelo, Bosch It is a vital program to our operation and prevents us from being responsible for damages to product after it leaves our warehouse because we can prove the load was not damaged when it left our warehouse.

LoadProof Testimonial – Evette Roberson, The Hain Celestial Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Evette Roberson, The Hain Celestial Group “Sr. Manager, Distribution- West” Evette Roberson Director, North America Warehousing I like that our load quality is captured. Pictures of Load quality, bracing, pallet build allows our customers to see how the load left… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Shoemaker, Griffin Greenhouse Supplies

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Shoemaker, Griffin Greenhouse Supplies The hassle of taking and saving pictures to document a process or condition is eliminated. The pictures… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott Visconti, Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott Visconti, Kenco “Must have tool for efficient supply chain operations.” LoadProof is the premier supply chain solution for tracking the quality of both inbound and outbound shipments… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Marlene Pedraza, Pacific Drayage Services

LoadProof Testimonial – Marlene Pedraza, Pacific Drayage Services “LoadProof is simple and effective!” What do you like best about LoadProof? What I like best about Load Proof is that it provides an excellent way to keep our customers updated with their cargo coming in and going out. We have a record of every single load we do on how it arrives/ships in case our customers complain that there were damages or shortages of freight. We…

LoadProof Testimonial – Jitesh Suratwala, Sunland Logistics Solutions

LoadProof Testimonial – Jitesh Suratwala, Sunland Logistics Solutions “Loadproof” Loadproof has been a very useful application for taking pictures for outbound shipments. It has cut down daily emails from different carriers we deal with… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeff Ross, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeff Ross, Kenco Group “Load Proof in Distribution” It has visual verification of product loaded and condition. Documenting condition of material coming inbound, the condition of product… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Chad Grindstaff, CENTRAL GARDEN & PET

LoadProof Testimonial – Chad Grindstaff, CENTRAL GARDEN & PET “Operations Manager” Easy to use, search, and navigate. This program has saved us a lot of money on damage and shortage claims by carriers and receiving errors. It has also… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Abiodun Oyawale, SEKO Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Abiodun Oyawale, SEKO Logistics “Very reliable” I like the camera option and ability to send directly to our clients. Loadproof solve quality control issues between the company and our clients… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – ChristopherRoss, RxLightning

LoadProof Testimonial – ChristopherRoss, RxLightning “Great Customer Support” LoadProof is essential for providing supporting documentation to combat OS/D claims and deductions from customers/carriers… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Alisa Ayers-Hall, Patten-Hall Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Alisa Ayers-Hall, Patten-Hall Logistics “LoadProof is a game changer!” We use LoadProof primarily for claim prevention. Within seconds, we can show proof of the product we shipped and its… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Max Woodfin, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Max Woodfin, Kenco Group “Inventory and warehouse operations lead” I am able to get the pictures/information to the customer in a timely manner without having to emailing them to… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Dan H., Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Dan H., Kenco Group “Proof is in the Product” LoadProof has helped not only with research of loads and damages, but also saved us (and customers) money on chargebacks unrelated to our handling… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott White, CROSSMARK

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott White, CROSSMARK “I used LoadProof on a daily basis to review operational challenges impacting customers.” Using Loadproof allows us to see what is going on internally that will impact downstream… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Parker Jung, NFI

LoadProof Testimonial – Parker Jung, NFI “Very useful application” I like being able to take quick pictures that are uploaded to a database that I can pull for our trailers coming in. Sometimes pictures… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Derrick Tlanda, LeSaint Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Derrick Tlanda, LeSaint Logistics “SAVES LOTS OF MONEY IN CHARGEBACKS” Saving money on chargebacks. Easy to look up orders. You can set up different things to check, like… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael Oaster, GEODIS

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael Oaster, GEODIS “Accountability Application” Proof of shippable contents in good order. Every update makes the app easier than ever! The only opportunity I see is the traile… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael Rushing, Caterpillar

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael Rushing, Caterpillar “LoadProof is like insurance for your operation” LoadProof allows you to recount the number of trailers loaded, the quality of those trailers after the load has… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Gabriel von Lembcke, Xpedient Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Gabriel von Lembcke, Xpedient Logistics “Incredible Tool + Exceptional Service” The application itself is very simple and easy to use across operations. Implementation is pain-free. I would recommend this to… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – William Canada, Brown West Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – William Canada, Brown West Logistics “Great program for business logistics” We use it to correct issues with inbound and outbound shipments. This has saved my company from issues and expenses that… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – David Good, Springfield Electric Supply Company

LoadProof Testimonial – David Good, Springfield Electric Supply Company “It continues to serve a solid purpose with the customers I have worked with.” It is both easy to use and customizable. The application can be handled through cell… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Gary Mckowen, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Gary Mckowen, Kenco Group “A great point of origin record” Loadproof provides a solid record of the state of loaded product when it lt leaves our doors. It is easy to train teams how to use and easy to… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Bill Porter, RXO

LoadProof Testimonial – Bill Porter, RXO “Happy customer using LoadProof on outbound.” Solid video recording of each outbound with close up details. The only issue I have heard is come people do not want to use their… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – G. Douglas Turich, MSIE, MBA, Wilton Brands

LoadProof Testimonial – G. Douglas Turich, MSIE, MBA, Wilton Brands “Awesome Tool” The cloud based system is easy to use and has created a more efficient way to capture pictures to assure our loads meet our quality standards. I have not identified… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – James Roach, Lone Star College

LoadProof Testimonial – James Roach, Lone Star College “As a QC Manager LoadProof is a vital Tool” What I like best about LoadProof is the ease of access. We use it in several places in our warehouses and the accessibility for all… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Tawnee Vaughn, KENCO LOGISTIC SERVICES

LoadProof Testimonial – Tawnee Vaughn, KENCO LOGISTIC SERVICES “Site Ops Manager” I like how we can use it as “insurance” on the site level. The pictures show we are strapping everything down correctly to ensure no In-Transit damage… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Andrew Sutton, Dr. Squatch

LoadProof Testimonial – Andrew Sutton, Dr. Squatch “Makes Life Much Easier for Brands Utilizing 3PLs for Freight Fulfillment”” LoadProof has been a game-changer for our brand’s experience in utilizing 3PL… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Kyle Clark, Industrial Warehouse and Distribution Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Kyle Clark, Industrial Warehouse and Distribution Group “LoadProof has proven to be very beneficial to our company” LoadProof is very user-friendly and easy to train employees to use. Also customizable to fulfill all of your… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeff Guay, Reckitt

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeff Guay, Reckitt “Drives consistency in our Quality programs” Prior to using LoadProof for our quality control program, quality checks were done using control forms. It is easy to “pencil whip” quality… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Christopher Tinglof, Ferrara

LoadProof Testimonial – Christopher Tinglof, Ferrara “Load Proof Enterprise” Good value for services provided for corporate wide use. User management is a bit hands on and limited. It helped in solving Inbound damage reporting and… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Jae Hahn, The Hain Celestial Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Jae Hahn, The Hain Celestial Group “Great platform to decrease claims exposure” It is easy to use and very easy to implement in short period. The quality of photos, flash quality, size of memory on… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Ryan Watson, L’Oréal

LoadProof Testimonial – Ryan Watson, L’Oréal “Simple and effective” It’s a simple, bolt on solution to capturing load photos with little to no additional infrastructure or WMS integration needed. App sometimes misbehaves if… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Mike Jones, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Mike Jones, Kenco Group “Great Product!” I like that we can take pics of each PO we ship to prove that we loaded it correctly. Sometimes the pictures are as clear as I would like, but that is not a Loadproof… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Joshua Bennett, Atlas Tech

LoadProof Testimonial – Joshua Bennett, Atlas Tech “Former SME Review” What I liked best was the seamless functionality between image capture and retrieval of said images. This made maintaining historical load data efficient… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott Frankhouser, NFI

LoadProof Testimonial – Scott Frankhouser, NFI “Loadproof, the simple solution to everyday warehouse problems!” The best part of this software is the interaction we have with our customer(s) and the conversations and… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Julio Lopez, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Julio Lopez, Kenco Group “Great for multiple reasons” During our use with LoadProof we have been able to pass on damage claims to transportation carriers. Also we have used it against… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – David Nelson, O’Dell Corporation

LoadProof Testimonial – David Nelson, O’Dell Corporation “Proof is in the Picture” We recently deployed LoadProof to help mitigate chargebacks and deductions from customers. LoadProof is very user-friendly and works with our… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Pagan Maria, Fusion Transport

LoadProof Testimonial – Pagan Maria, Fusion Transport “SIMPLE & EFFICIENT” We use load proof in the warehouse to upload pics of every load that leaves. We take a pic of the PO number and pallet so they can see the pallet’s condition… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Vikram Kolluru, Thermo Fisher Scientific

LoadProof Testimonial – Vikram Kolluru, Thermo Fisher Scientific “Simple Footprint – Smart Savings” The application is simple. Take pics, add info, upload the package for future retrieval… if needed. Works on Android and iPad… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Anthony Schwarzkopf, Bridgetown Enterprises, Inc.

LoadProof Testimonial – Anthony Schwarzkopf, Bridgetown Enterprises, Inc. “LoadProof is an Excellent Resource for Our Growing Small Business” The ease of use of the UI is impressive. There are no fiddly bits, and every step of the process… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeremy Hoppe, GXO

LoadProof Testimonial – Jeremy Hoppe, GXO “Great software with much added value” The best part of LoadProof would be the convenience it brings to tracking the quality of a shipments inbound and ourbound and it’s… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – John Wood, Origin Point Brands, LLC

LoadProof Testimonial – John Wood, Origin Point Brands, LLC “Gives us a real fighting chance to dispute shortage deductions” Having photographic documentation of actual shipments, cartons, and products allows us to, almost indisputably… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Stephen Donovan, Georgia-Pacific LLC

LoadProof Testimonial – Stephen Donovan, Georgia-Pacific LLC “LoadProof Nice Product-Use Case Load Inspections and Mobile Equipment Checklist” What I like most about Loadproof is how easy it is to set up and configure new forms and… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Karen Rodriguez, NFI

LoadProof Testimonial – Karen Rodriguez, NFI “Game Changer” We installed LoadProof onto our tablets to track whether or not stores were compliant with their shipment requirements. Using the ability to upload photos of… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Frankie Noyola, XPOLogistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Frankie Noyola, XPOLogistics “Streamline the processes.” The experience in utilizing LoadProof has changed the dynamics within our operations. Real-time uploads and deliverables to our… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Mike Sawyer, Brown/West Logistics, LLC

LoadProof Testimonial – Mike Sawyer, Brown/West Logistics, LLC “LoadProof, adding substance/data to warehouse best practices!” LoadProof and my team were able to set up/modify the app to track key operational… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Hector Pulido, Hawker Pacific Aerospace

LoadProof Testimonial – Hector Pulido, Hawker Pacific Aerospace “Operations Manager” Load proof is very easy to use and can save you thousands of dollars in charge back from customers because you have the proof of what you shipped and it is… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Haley Thomas, PYA

LoadProof Testimonial – Haley Thomas, PYA “Haley’s Review” Imaging Software does its best to capture the best format and upload it into a shared drive. LoadProof is an excellent way to keep everyone in the loop… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Danielle Conlon, VPC Inc

LoadProof Testimonial – Danielle Conlon, VPC Inc “Great product!” We used LoadProof in the warehouse to take photos of product before and after it was loaded in a trailer. The photos were used for verification purposes as well… [Source]

LoadProof Testimonial – Christopher Taylor

LoadProof Testimonial – Christopher Taylor “Since enrolling in loadproof, this has made tracking the state of our shipments and receiving easier” The ability to share pictures/documents we attach to our… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Bill Valente, G3 Enterprises

LoadProof Testimonial – Bill Valente, G3 Enterprises “Logistics 3PL Review (Beverage Industry)” My company started using LoadProof earlier this year to document inbound and outbound loads and have been extremely happy with… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Donnelly, Step By Step Newsletter

LoadProof Testimonial – Chris Donnelly, Step By Step Newsletter “It does everything they say it does, exactly as advertised.” Loadproof provides a tool to capture photo evidence of inbound, outbound, and any internal… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Francisco Guerrero, JA Solar

LoadProof Testimonial – Francisco Guerrero, JA Solar “t is a support for the company” easy to use for the guys at the warehouse. when use factory issues i can put the conteiner number… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Darren Lepouce, Resideo

LoadProof Testimonial – Darren Lepouce, Resideo “Very useful program” Loadproof has helped us determine whether shipping discrepancies from customers are valid. There have been many times that the customer has said… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Steve Bauer, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Steve Bauer, Kenco Group “Searchable concise load information at your fingertips” LoadProof is allowing real time concise communication both for the customer and internally. It allows… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Erik Wilson, Industrial Pipe & Valve

LoadProof Testimonial – Erik Wilson, Industrial Pipe & Valve “Easy to use with multiple functions” LoadProof is an excellent way to keep everyone in the loop on the overages and shortages needed to be expressed. This App… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael G., Kenco

LoadProof Testimonial – Michael G., Kenco “This is reliable platform for any business that wants to keep track of shipping issues that arise.” I like that you can organize your photos on the platform and… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Anish Oberoi, Lamarche

LoadProof Testimonial – Anish Oberoi, Lamarche “Superlative for our company” We are using LoadProof in our manufacturing environment to take pictures of our products before shipment as part of our inspection… [Read more]

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Komatsu Chile

https://youtu.be/qHuLZPsDBuI?si=2Dy_r7gP2ucx6fwG Okay, great! So you know Roberto. Thank you for taking the time to join this call. My name is Puga Shankara; I’m the principal with Load Proof. We want to hear your experience. You guys have been using Load Proof for quite some time, from Komatsu Chile. The way I look at it is that we get to make race cars, but we don’t get to race them. You guys are the real users…

LoadProof Testimonial – Mihir Yardi, CJ Logistics America

LoadProof Testimonial – Mihir Yardi, CJ Logistics America “Easy to implement & use” LoadProof is an easily implemented solution for a basic issue. Not too complicated, we can modify it to our needs as and when needed. Can be used by all departments efficiently and has multiple uses. Easy to keep track … [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Andrew Billotti JR, Thermo Fisher Scientific

LoadProof Testimonial – Andrew Billotti JR, Thermo Fisher Scientific “Great app to keep record of your inbound/outbound loads” Intuitive design, great support, useful for everyday applications. There’s nothing I would change about … [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Nick Tersigni, Kenco Group

LoadProof Testimonial – Nick Tersigni, Kenco Group “Great Product and Easy To Use” When dealing with consumer products that can become easily damaged upon loading or in transit, LoadProof is an invaluable resource. In the current climate of supply chain with longer than expected lead times for items, customers expect high quaility material upon delivery. LoadProof helps ensure… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Tony Aguilar, Brokers Logistics

LoadProof Testimonial – Tony Aguilar, Brokers Logistics “Great Tool to work with” Great to avoid chargebacks clear pictures. Will take pictures of all orders shipping out and send to our customers… [Read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Eduardo Carrillo, DHL Supply Chain

LoadProof Testimonial – Eduardo Carrillo, DHL Supply Chain “Great Tracking Tool” What do you like best about LoadProof? I like that all the details are gathered together. What do you dislike about LoadProof? I like all of it I do not have any complaints. What problems is LoadProof solving and how is that benefiting you? Making sure all the details are correct and accurate. [Source]

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User in Consumer Electronics

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User in Consumer Electronics “Great source” What do you like best about LoadProof? I like that all the details are gathered together. What do you dislike about LoadProof? I like all of it I do not have any complaints. What problems is LoadProof solving and how is that benefiting you? Making sure all the details are correct and accurate. [Source]

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews “Versatile tool that pays for itself.” The LoadProof application is versatile because it can be tailor-made for any operation. It assists in keeping track of all photos taken of all… [read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews “Achieve Supply Chain Visibility!” We use LoadProof at 75 of our warehouses across the US. It saves us and our customers millions of dollars annually on… [read more]

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews

LoadProof Testimonial – Verified User by G2 reviews “Great solution for documenting condition of loads at shipment” The app is easy to setup and use. I especially like the ability to forward the load condition to the customer at… [read more]

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Craiglyn Mullins, Mannington Mills

https://youtu.be/Bucr43Ng9yg Great and why did you decide to pull the trigger? Um, you know, what did you like about it? Um, you know, what kind of feedback did you give to him? We like it. I mean, it’s helped with our claims, and as long as they’re doing their part on the dock and taking the pictures, then we have that to go back and say, “Hey.” You know what I’m saying? It dropped our…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Bill Valente, G3 Enterprises

https://youtu.be/PX1LBLrIat4 “Quite a long time! How are you doing?” “I’m doing alright, thanks for taking the time to join this call.” “Of course! You know, the analogy I use is that we make race cars, and you guys get to drive them. We don’t get to drive them, so it’s always exciting to hear about the performance and how it’s working out. Is there anything we can do better? You can share both positive and…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Graig Glenn, Sunland Logistics Solutions

https://youtu.be/dI-UfHo0_UI “Okay, uh Greg, you know thank you very much for taking the time to join this call. Right? I mean, you know, we this is the analogy that I like while talking to end users like yourself. You know, we build race cars, right? But we don’t get to race them. You guys race them, so I’m always, you know, curious about, hey, are we doing a good job, right? I’m, you know, I…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Max Yi, Pharmavite

https://youtu.be/rlsEMJ1lS2k this is what I say I mean it’s you know we make race cars but we don’t get to raise them you know you guys raise them you know so so I’m always you know excited to hear you know what what I mean. One is how is the race you know how is it you know I I hope you feel like you’re winning. One two is you know what can we do…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Dylan Hubbard, Kenco – Samsung

https://youtu.be/q0o3BJ0FB3U “us so just a basic introduction on top of that it’s like I’m Omar I work with uh kuga and basically I’m a technical and functional handle for load proof so uh if any major requirements or any major projects which we need to look into like I’m the person of point of contact in load Prof itself so uh you know let’s let’s start from the beginning you know like I believe we…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Candance Story, Greenfiber

https://youtu.be/FrsMXwZgsZ4 Okay. Hey guys. Hey Candice, how are you? How’s it going? Good, good. Doing great. Doing great, thank you for joining and taking the time. It’s been a little while since we connected. I know we’ve been sending emails back and forth, but how’s everything going? Everything’s going good, no complaints. I can’t believe it’s already the middle of September, it’s insane how fast everything has gone. But everything’s going really good. That’s crazy….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – John Delasso, Fusion Transport

https://youtu.be/KQc5IrWmgo4 You know, I just want to you know, um, ask about Load Proof, you know, if you could please start with an introduction, you know, about your business and you know, what were some of the challenges, you know, things like that. Yeah, we’ll start there. Yeah, sure. Sure, so um, you know, again work for Fusion Transport, um sister company for Global Transportation, um Palton Palutel company primarily pallet storage consolidation. Um, so…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Dan Wintemute, Track Loader Parts

https://youtu.be/F0DxwajnqoM Okay, so let’s start from the beginning. You know, what were you doing before we engaged? What job were you trying to do? What problem were you trying to solve? In the beginning, I believe we were looking at a problem with incorrect quantities or items being shipped. We needed a way to document what items we were shipping out. We have a multitude of items in our warehouse—over 50,000 lines. Knowing what is…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jameson Durrah

https://youtu.be/ZzzG5EFosE4 Okay, there we go. Now, you know, starting from the beginning: What were you doing before we engaged? Uh, what job were you trying to do, or what problem were you trying to solve at that time? Well, the problem we were trying to solve was capturing pictures for our export loads going out. We just wanted to make sure we provided the customer with pictures of the freight on the dock, with the…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Dennis Walker, NCR

https://youtu.be/WpQQ2shhAb4 What job were you trying to do at NCR or what problem were you trying to solve there? So what we were trying to do was have a shared environment that our customers and our team could use. We’re a global company, so someone from Atlanta may be trying to see how the load quality was on an order that shipped out of Nashville or Boston. You had to have access to a SharePoint…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Troy Hansen, Daikin Applied

https://youtu.be/voluyxDWo1c Uh super happy with the ease of use and how, um, how little effort it takes from us after we’re done with it to get information to customers and other people that want to see that information. Um, so it’s gone very well. Implementation was simple, and um, we love it. It’s great, that’s great, that’s great to hear. I remember, you know, when we were discussing um initially back in February, you know,…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Ryan Bicksler, Berner

https://youtu.be/Gkdwu26y_dE All right, um Brian thank you for taking the time to uh join this interview and uh you know thank you for offering to uh you know share your experience uh with uh um using Loadproof. So let’s start from the beginning, right? So you know where were you guys before you found out about this uh you know tool called Loadproof and you know what was the you know problem you were trying…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Greg Wiltse, GlobalLoadProof Video Testimonial – Greg Wiltse, Global

https://youtu.be/DWpn7Jg2VLE All right, we’ll get started. Uh, you know, Greg, thank you very much for taking the time to help with this interview. This is very useful for us, you know, because you don’t switch this all the time. So, you know, how did it get started, right? What was the problem that you guys were trying to solve? What was the frustration? How did you guys get to the point where you wanted to…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jaye Nardo, Kenco

https://youtu.be/5In5W2LqH-Y All right, so Jaye, thank you very much for taking the time to join this video interview. Let’s start from the beginning. If you could please give a quick introduction to your distribution center, we can get started and dive into the problem we’re trying to solve. My name is Jay Nardo, and I’m the General Manager for the Northeastern Distribution Center. We manage drums, kegs, and cases of grease and oil. These are…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Luke Gendreau, Kenco

https://youtu.be/FVoHJw4jHCc Do you want to give a quick introduction about your manager please? Uh yes, we’re a third-party logistics firm for a large construction producer. We have products brought in by railway to our location, and we send out to their customers via flatbed trailers. Pretty simple operation; a lot of mostly full units are moved. The customer base is strong, and the business itself is very consistent. You can manage with just a few…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Peter Sophiea, NJOY

https://youtu.be/YqX-WD2r_ho So, I mean, you know what it would take. Right? Just thinking, you know, as a solution provider, my job is to do everything possible to help you guys get the most money. Right? What would it take? Hey, carrier, can you take photos and upload them to our cloud? Right? Can you guys ask your carriers to do that? You know, what are they going to say? I would imagine, and I don’t…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Kristi

https://youtu.be/jsNd1GqWKsI Hello everyone, welcome to Talking Logisticswhere we have conversations with thought leaders and newsmakers in the supply chain logistics industry. It’s my great pleasure to welcome today’s program: Christy Montgomery, VP of Kenco Innovation Labs, and Puga Sankara, co-founder of Smart Gladiator. Today we’re going to talk about collaborative supply chain innovation, a new model for success. In supply chain logistics, there’s always a new problem to solve or a new opportunity to pursue,…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Orlando Martine

https://youtu.be/lwaG7zPS3E0 I don’t have the serial number. We can go back and send them the pictures from load proof. Yes, the serial number was attached to the shipment, and they can see the details in the numbers. Now that I took the pictures, I would park, hit the arrow, and go over here. We’re shipping, and you can choose which customer you would like. In this case, it would be Invinco, our ship ID 971….

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jonas Van

https://youtu.be/sxdYcKBBnBA We were the ones providing them with the tool to help them out getting the work done more easily. With our suppliers, we can more easily communicate and have valid claims. Towards our customers, the same applies: increased quality and overall communication because we’re using it on inbound as well as outbound. We easily collect pictures on the outbound that can do the same as what we do on inbound with the reports. So,…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Joenell Johnson

https://youtu.be/Dce7NGTdUcQ Joenell thank you very much for taking the time to join this call and sharing your experience with load proof. The analogy that I would like to use is that we build race cars, and we don’t get to race them; you guys race them. It’s always exciting for me, as a product developer and designer, and for my team to learn about the end users like yourself. Your role is unique because you…

Wilton Brandon Safety Manager LP Testimonial

https://youtu.be/GQ5y-jUGdCU Very important right it’s this is howthe analogy that I want to use is you know we make cards. You know you guys race with those cards, right? So we make cards and we make a lot of assumptions and blah blah blah. Then we make cards and we give them to you guys, and you guys race. Then you come and tell us, “Hey, this is great; this is not great.” That is…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Kristin Schmitt

https://youtu.be/D11dXbGCYcE Hello Kristin, can you hear me? We’ll just give her a minute to connect. Okay, how are you? Good, good, how are you doing? Good, thank you. Uh, first of all, thank you for taking the time to join this meeting. So, how are things? I was editing the load proof. Things are going well with the proof. Our team uses it every day, and we’re using it at all our facilities, which is…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Kelsey Hensley

https://youtu.be/ar186Gu_HXA Yeah, you know I don’t want to waste you know too much time so thank you for taking the time to you know join this uh call. I mean no, um, you know I just want to um, you know I hear you know right we create the product for up, you know people like yourself, uh that have challenges, uh you know proving that you guys did your job right. Uh, in a…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Jade Vinet, Wholesale

https://youtu.be/JFeUx4p3gfo So Jade, you know, thank you very much for taking the time to join this call. I know we really appreciate it. I mean, the analogy that I would like to share is, you know, we build race cars, but we don’t get to race them, right? You guys race them. So that’s how we look at these systems; we build them, and we don’t use them on a day-to-day basis, and you guys…

Testimonial – Justin Hubbard LoadProof Testimonial

https://youtu.be/oaJBdKxGcz8 So great Justin, you know, thank you very much for taking the time uh to join this call. You know, my name is Pugash Shankar. I’m the principal with Smart GL Load Proof. The way I look at it is that we build race cars, but we don’t get to race them; you guys raise them. It’s always exciting to hear from you guys on the system, how well it’s working for you, and…

LoadProof Video Testimonial – Louis Contento

https://youtu.be/LsKAzRO6Mcs So perfect yeah so lousis thank you very much for taking the time uh you know this means a lot right because at the end of the day you know we are building systems for uh you know people like yourself uh you know um that want to prove that you guys did a great job uh you know and and and we always don’t get to talk to you know uh every single…

Video Testimonial – Mark McKenna, Aurora Parts

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LoadProof Video Testimonial – Scott Frankhouser, NFI

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LoadProof Video Testimonial – Andrew Pollard, Better Body Foods

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LoadProof Video Testimonial – Karen Rodriguez, NFI

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LoadProof Video Testimonial – Richard Hardin, Highline Warren

https://youtu.be/DT28u_x0OEU Right, so yeah thank you Richard, thank you for taking the time to join this call. Um, you know I’m P Shankar, I’m the principal of the company and you know the way we kind of see this is, you know, we build race cars but we don’t get to drive them, you know, you guys drive them, right? So, you know, it’s always a little bit of jealousy as well; you know you…

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LoadProof Implementation & Results for a Leading Floor Manufacturing Company – Case Study

Transcript “Great and why did you decide to pull the trigger? Um, you know, what did you like about it? Um, you know, what kind of feedback did you give to him? We like it. I mean, it’s helped with our claims, and as long as they’re doing their part on the dock and taking the pictures, then we have that to go back and say, “Hey.” You know what I’m saying? It dropped our…

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Without a Centralized Enterprise System of Record for your Photos, a Warehouse manager cannot show compelling proof that his team did their job right.

When there is a Change, there is Resistance, but it is worth it  A system of record is a very important information repository that not only stores a specific information in a well-organized manner that is easy to retrieve and share by any authorized personnel of the organization but also serves as an authoritative source of fact. Our actions and decisions are only as good as the data we use to act upon them. That…

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LoadProof Implementation & Cost Savings for FMCG Cereal Manufacturer – Case Study

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LoadProof Implementation & Cost Savings for a Top HVAC Manufacturer – Case Study

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You are a Warehouse Manager that ships High Value SKUs, you want to know how to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads using LoadProof

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You are a Warehouse Manager that ships Heavy Industrial Products, you want to know how to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads using LoadProof

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You are a Food Distributor Warehouse Manager, you want to know how to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads using LoadProof

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Get the LoadProof assessment and blueprint for your warehouse today!

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11 Ways to Avoid Retail Chargebacks in Your Supply Chain

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Leading 3PL Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “The customer’s customer claimed there were a couple of damage units, so our customer went ahead and asked us. As we had photos of it and he let them know that we did have those pictures as proof and then the $1900 claim was dismissed”. – Ernesto Ayala, Leading 3PL Company. Transcript Ernest – You know how that transpired or what happened after using LoadProof ?   Ernesto –…

3PL Oil & Gas Distribution Case Study

Number of Sites – 3 Synopsis from the Transcript Very simple to use, use it in Smartphone/Tablet/Desktop. Retrieval of Pics is very very easy. Eliminated 10 to 15 load rejections per month, 10% of the total loads shipped were rejected, which resulted in saving about $10K per month, because we are able to show pics that we did our job right. No more culpability – wrong blame, customer relationship has improve significantly. ​​ We are…

3PL FMCG Case Study

  Number of Sites – 51 Quote “LoadProof has helped our customer to gain confidence in we doing the right things and we doing what we supposed to do. We are very dependent on LoadProof and it has helped our customers to reduce freight claims and chargebacks probably by about 85 – 90% of charges.” – Marlo Gillum – General Manager Transcript Marlo – My name Marlo Gillum. I’m the GM of operation in Dallas…

3PL Pharmaceuticals Case Study

Number of Sites – 51 Synopsis from the Transcript ​LoadProof is so easy to use. It is easy to store the pictures with the correct context. It is so easy to retrieve the pics you need. ​It has saved a lot of $$$ for us. ​It pays for itself 1000 times over. – Josh Keeney – Continuous Improvement Leader – Pharmaceuticals 3PL

3PL Consumer Electronics Case Study

  Number of Sites – 51 Synopsis from the Transcript The workflow inside LoadProof is so easy, the steps are so simple for us to retrieve the data. I can even tell where the driver is by looking at the data. ​It has made our life so much easier, we would have to follow 10 steps to get out data before, but with loadproof we are able to retrieve data in just 3 steps. This…

3PL Construction Case Study

Number of Sites – 51 Quote “Saving about $5K to $10K per month, considering the number of claims that are rejected now, because we are able to show pics that we did our job right, just the overall increase, the damages we are able to catch and show it to the production org, results in these savings. The number of claims paid has certainly reduced. THE APP PAYS FOR ITSELF 1000 TIMES OVER”. – Luke…

Global leader in Design & Manufacture of High-Performance Protective Cases

Number of Sites – 2 Quote “LoadProof has helped us capture everything from a BOL picture to a container seal, best of all it’s an easy access tool for both NFI and the customer.” – Warehouse Operations Manager

Major US Lifestyle Retailer Case Study

Number of Sites – 2 Quote “LoadProof has helped our team keep the facility looking good and in line with the NFI standards!”. – Warehouse Operations Manager

Ryder Case Study

Number of Sites – 2 Quote “When we have a claim against us, we can go back to the pictures and show that when the product left here it was in good condition, but when it got to the destination it might be in another shape or damaged. We’re saving $100,000 to $200,000 in a year on claims through LoadProof”. – Jameson Durrah – Operations Manager – Ryder Transcript Ernest – what problem were you…

Mannington Mills Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “LoadProof helped with our claims – as long as they’re doing their part on the dock and taking their pictures then we have to go back and it dropped a lot of claims. Before we had LoadProof we wouldn’t have a way to look at this. It saves us a lot of money and it’s helping us a lot.” – Craiglyn Mullins – Logistics Coordinator – Mannington Mills Transcript…

The 9 Best Practices to Ship Your Products without Any Damages to Retailers and avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

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Stryker Medical Technologies – Case Study

Number of Sites – 11 Quote LoadProof Helps to Quickly & Accurately figure out: incorrect shipments, what is wrong with the shipment, and how to streamline processes in the warehouse to reduce man-hours spent, It is also really easy to use. It’s a life saver if you will. – Brandon Vanstelle, Warehouse Operations Manager, Stryker. LoadProof enables the warehouse team to be accountable for all our efforts. We are able to show through photos how…

NCR Distribution Case Study

Number of Sites – 4 Quote “When you add a video that was an entire another process that saves time. It was a big game changer, that was a big improvement you ask me that’s really happy to see”. – Dennis Walker – Sr. Manager of Global Distribution and Warehousing – NCR Transcription Dennis – LoadProof helps you not only from just the process so with the application you know you can check the assignment…

DSW Distribution Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “LoadProof lets us be able to do it more efficiently, quickly and keep it organized and stored. We saved approximately $30,000 per year on the labor costs alone”. – Chris Thiel – Vice President Operations. Transcript Ernest –  So what’s the three things that you like about the tool? So far from a process improvement standpoint or ease of use or what are some three things that you like…

Track Loader Parts Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “Before the way our system is set up I’d never really know which one of my warehouse associates pulled the order, who acted and who shipped it. So there was no accountability as far as someone is shipping the wrong part or shipping the wrong quantity. But now that everyone has a username. Once we go to that picture we automatically know who took the photo of that shipment…

Kohler Case Study

Number of Sites – 4 Quote “With LoadProof we can take different sample audits out there and use that as a training tool or a process improvement tool to really stabilize the shipping processes”. – Paulo Lubag – Manager Logistics Solutions – Kohler. Transcription Puga  – What is what is something that you guys like about this tool,  if you could say three things about the tool that you guys like it Paulo- Yeah definitely,…

Sealed Air Case Study

Number of Sites – 6 Quote “We captured more than 500 pictures in its first two months of deployment. For Sealed Air, the results were dramatic. Our site saw a 95-percent reduction in customer complaints, translating into an estimated $10,000 in cost savings per month for that one location alone. The solution provided transparency for everyone in the supply chain, including the distribution center, end customers, Sealed Air personnel, customer service reps and carriers”. –…

Global Industrial Case Study

Number of Sites – 7 Quote “When I found LoadProof, It is a giant relief, I did not have to reinvent the wheel, we save 80 labor man hours per week by using LoadProof. We started using for Outbound shipments first, from the benefits we have seen, we have started using it for Inbound as well for Returns – YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH PICTURES” – Greg Wiltse, Senior IT Manager, Global Industrial. Transcript Puga – …

Berner Foods 3PL Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “The amount of rejected loads have decreased significantly. WE WILL HAVE 4 to 6 TRAILERS REJECTED PER WEEK, NOW THAT HAS GONE DOWN TO MAY BE 1 A WEEK. It has been a fantastic tool for us – It is very easy to use, it can save a lot of $$$, we are already looking to Upgrade”. – Ryan Bicksler, General Manager, Berner Foods. Transcript Puga:  All right. Brian,…

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The Best Practices to Consider While Loading Temperature Sensitive Products to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another best practice on shipping temperature sensitive products. If you’re shipping temperature sensitive products, like if you’re doing some kind of a food distribution or shipping some kind of pharmaceutical products and perishables, even frozen products things like that.  One thing that you could do is when these are transported, in frozen state then you’re going to have some kind of a refrigerator truck. Even produce goes through a refrigerator truck but slightly…

The Best Practices to Consider when Loading LTL and FTL to Avoid Damages, retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another best practice to keep in mind while you’re doing LTL or FTL. We all know that LTL is less than truckload and FTL is full truck load, the full truckload it’s always point A to point B, you load the truck to the fullest and then close it, lock it, and seal it. The loading process should be done carefully with air pillows and load bars/ cargo bars.  If it makes sense…

Kenco – Case Studies

Transcript Um, my name is Marlo Gillum, I’m the GM of our operation in Dallas, Texas, and we started our loadproof journey in the beginning of 2017. We were having issues with our customers, mainly confidence that we couldn’t prove how we were sending product out the back door. Of course, our innovation labs, Trevor, told us about Loadproof, and we started implementing Loadproof on a smaller scale. We were Loadproofing probably 30% of our…

Post Consumer Brands – Case Study

Number of Sites – 7 Synopsis from the Transcript LoadProof helps us with the following: Capture damage from incoming loads to DC’s from Manufacturing plants or DC to DC transfers, provide feedback as needed. Capture load securement. Capture as many loads as we can stage or while being loaded to validate load condition to customer. With these capabilities we are able to better serve our customers. – Paulette Johnson, Compliance Manager, Post Consumer Brands

XPO Logistics – Case Studies

Number of Sites – 2 Quote “We export a lot of our products through the containers. LoadProof is easy to document such loads that are being exported because I can take pictures super fast, upload them to the cloud and the pictures stay there for ever. I can share those pictures with anybody, in case of a claims situation or if there any questions on the condition of the product when it was loaded. I…

Bosch – Case Study

Transcript Perfect. You know, thank you for taking the time, Jason, to, you know, share feedback on load proof. Right? You know, and and so yeah. Yeah. And, you know, the way that, you know, we look at it as, right, we build race cars, but we don’t get to raise them. You guys raise them. So it’s always, you know, you know, we wanna hear from you in terms of how it’s working out….

Method Products – Case Study

Number of Sites – 1 Quote “LoadProof – Taking pictures has instilled a very good discipline among our loaders in house, hence we are able to ensure our loads are prepped up and loaded on the trucks at a much better quality. This directly results in better customer satisfaction and long term relationships with our customers”. – Jerry Zyskowski – Director of Logistics, Method Products, People Against Dirty

The Load Bar Best Practices to Consider when Shipping Products to Your Retailer

This best practice should be followed while loading. Loading is an important function when you’re shipping something to a customer or a retailer. You could have done a great job picking the order, packing the order, stacking the boxes in the pallets nicely all that you could have done, but if you don’t load your products or merchandise or pallets properly all the work that you’ve done is going to go away. It’s because when…

The Warehouse Labeling Best Practices to Consider while Loading Products to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another video on the best practices that you could follow while loading the product in your distribution center. One important thing that you could do is applying the right labels on the product, because when people see the labels they would be careful while handling these products, the pallet, and the merchandise. When you tell them with the label ahead of time they will be a lot more careful about doing their job…

The Load Strapping Best Practices to Consider During Shipping to Avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another best practice that you can use in your warehouse. I think this is more for a  LTL (less than truckload) like a within a town delivery. You are not doing a long-haul driving like 100  miles or 200 miles you’re making in town delivery in a LTL fashion. For example, if there is expensive furniture that you’re delivering and you don’t want it to get scratches and dents, if it’s a minor…

The Best Practice You Must Consider while Sealing FTL Containers to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This best practice is about applying the seal especially when it is a FTL’s shipment. FTL a full truck load container shipment trailer that’s going from point A to point B.  It’s important to apply the seal and the seal number, and take the picture of that seal number and upload it to LoadProof so in case if you are a recipient or if you are a shipper you can see the photograph. If you’re…

Best Practices for Stacking Pallets and Products while Shipping and avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another best practice that you could use to make sure that nobody stacks anything on top of your pallet. If you are shipping anything on top of your pallet, it may be a specific product or few pallets through a carrier, this often happens. When you ship something to your retailer and obviously the retailers have a large volume of products that they sell through their stores.  They pick up the products from…

The Pallets Loading Best Practice that you must consider at your Warehouse Facility to avoid retail chargebacks, freight claims, damage claims and rejected loads

This is another best practice that you can follow while you’re loading your products in the trailer container. It’s always important to do a great job loading and obviously your team did a great job picking the product, boxing the product, and then nicely stacking them in pallets. The pallets are then shrink-wrapped and ready to go.  It’s important to load them perfectly because while the truck or the trailer is going there are a…

The Best Practices in Avoiding Pallet Damages and Separation During Transit

Transcript This is another interesting question that came from one of our customers and this was like “hey we have this problem where we are shipping these pallets and somehow these pallets are broken into two and and they get delivered as two different pallets”. Even though they tell the carrier or whoever they are shipping through that nobody’s supposed to be doing that.  What they found out was that the solution was to fully…

Using Google Drive in Warehouse

Here is another interesting dynamic about LoadProof. Apparently somebody in their organization is interested and somebody saw the value of the product – LoadProof provides.  We get to talk to them and they’re curious. They want to learn more, and in our conversation this comes up: “hey we already use Google Drive, and we store pictures in Google Drive and and it was great for us”. This was actually a very interesting story. An intern…

The Best Practices in Automating Your Warehouse Operations

  If you are looking at little automation in your warehouse this is the best practice to lookout. If you are automating your warehouse in terms of conveyors or sorters or even robots it would make a lot of sense to mark your SKUs as conveyable or not conveyable, sortable or non-sortable and as the robots coming everywhere robotable or non-robotable. The last thing you want to do is make a small product or a…

The Zone Picking Best Practice to Improve Order Picking Productivity

  This next best practice is about the warehouse zone picking process. The way this works is if your picking involves going to multiple areas, multiple isles of bin locations, and you are picking from different bin locations. This process is about eliminating all the unnecessary walking, and of course we all know the more you pick, the more you can ship, the more you ship, the more you invoice, the more you can get…

The Significance of Labor Cost per Unit in your Supply Chain

During one of my implementations, I was talking to this DC Director, this was a lady that had this amazing knack to formulate processes completely on the fly, that worked for their complicated manufacturing and distribution center, that was handling a lot of these eye glass prescriptions. The challenge with this operation was that their product was very small and also very fragile, which means it is pretty much a norm to break a lens…

The Warehouse Yard Management Best Practice to Increase Visibility

This is a best practice that will be very useful if you have a lot of trucks, trailers, and containers coming into your facility. This is called yard management, so basically this is a small system within the WMS with which you can track your truck’s trailers and containers. You can create yard locations and of course you can create dock doors and you can track them exactly. But it’s all about visibility right, I…

The Warehouse Voice Picking Best Practice to Improve Efficiency

  This best practice is on warehouse voice picking. Instead of looking at the screen and looking at the device and typing in the characters and picking you would talk hands-free and eyes-free with voice-picking. This is what the voice picking is, but let’s take a step back and understand how this whole picking process is evolved. If you look at it, the very first picking process was all based on the paper pick takers….

The Best Practices to Implement Vendor Compliance in Your Warehouse

This next best practice that you can implement in your distribution center is something called vendor performance. So vendor performance is basically you as a retailer or a distributor or as an ecommerce order fulfiller you are buying your product from different vendors.  When the vendor ship to your DC, you can rate them on how well they are doing in terms of compliance. Compliance requirements are mandatory in all of the big ecom warehouses….

The Best Practices to Optimize Slotting Process in Your Warehouse

This next best practice is about optimizing your slotting process. It’s all about picking and especially it’s even more important in the e-commerce world, because you are picking one unit order and two unit orders. This is what the standard order profile is for the orders that people are placing from their computers at home through the web and through the mobile device. It’s all about picking from the active locations and piece pick locations….

The Returns ASN Best Practice to Optimize Reverse Logistics in Your Warehouse.

  This best practice is about Returns ASN (Advance Shipment Notice).  We discussed about the ASN before and we articulated on how useful was the ASN in deployment scheduling and your were able to plan your work in the receiving area. You were also able to get upfront information as to what is going to hit your DC and you could even allocate inventory in terms of the location of the product and allocate inventory…

The 3 Best Practices to Optimize Your Warehouse Replenishments

This best practice is about making replenishments inside the warehouse. It is important to stay on the top off replenishments always in your warehouse. If you have just one shift that you are running it would help a lot. If you spend extra hours in the evening and then do the topping off all your active locations it will be helpful for the pickers in the next shift. In the next morning when the pickers…

The Warehouse Rate Shopping Best Practice to Reduce Shipping Charges

This best practice we are going to discuss is called as rate shopping. The rate shopping can be done for both parcel and the (Less than Load) LTL. I mean the parcels are the small boxes that they ship mostly as Ecom orders. Sometimes they also ship retail orders as parcels from the distribution center to the final destination. In Ecom orders it will be a consumer that’s buying product, they place an order on…

The DC Quality Control Best Practices to Improve Shipping Efficiency

This is a best practice that you can refer to if you have a lot of quality issues in your distribution center. Let us assume that for some reason you opened up the box from reserve. You thought that everything was okay at the time of receiving. Then you put it away in reserve and for replenishment you moved the product from reserve to active location. After opening up the box you find that there…

The 3 Best Practices to Run Effective Warehouse Meetings

This best practice is about running the warehouse meetings effectively. It’s basic and I learnt a great deal from consultants and doing consulting myself, the consultants gets billed at a high rate. For eg. I have been to sites where I got billed and the value we brought to the table as a team and it was always highly challenging. The complicated problems we solve for them and imagine one hour of my time is…

Returning Goods in the Era of Experiential Retail

Back in the good old days (read the summer of 1999), I was introduced to a music and movie club from Columbia House or the BMG Music Service. You may remember the way it worked: They send you eight CDs of music or movies for a penny. Then they continue to send you titles, and you decide to keep them or send them back within 10 days. If you don’t send them back, your credit card…

Boost Order Picking Efficiency with these Sequencing Best Practices

This best practice is known as location sequencing. It means that when you are configuring your locations for picking purposes, replenishment, and for put-away purposes in the reserve area in the top level position. While doing this you would have picked the naming convention to streamline the picking. On top of it there is also the ability to configure something called as the location sequencing. It means that you do not want your pickers to…

The Best Practices in Measuring Warehouse KPIs for Enhancing Productivity

This best practice is about measuring and improving warehouse productivity through LMS, which stands for labor management system. There are typically two segments of customers that will benefit significantly from an LMS, one is this huge ERP – vendor who supplies WMS. For example we will take SAP.   SAP’s core was ERP and they still developed and integrated the WMS because many of their customers have integration challenges with other platforms. They gave them the…

Battling the Porch Pirates

Sad to say, the e-commerce sea is besieged by porch pirates…that are trying to make sure that the electronic gadgets, tools, and equipment that consumers order never make it to home port.  I have been robbed by these rascals even here. We are located in a multi-tenant building and our shipments get lost and delayed.  And we are not alone. Part of the mix is a new level of thieves dubbed porch pirates, who some…

The Best Practices in Designing UI/UX of the Warehouse Management App

This best practice is about the importance of UI (User Interface) in improving the distribution center productivity. In this day and age where Apple and Android have completely changed the user experience that is so easy to understand and use the app. Particularly in the distribution center the time is spent significantly on training the end users. I’ve seen many distribution centers that are literally revolving doors, where personnel come and go. All these personnel…

The Best Practices in Designing a Perfect Global Distribution Center

This best practice is called “implementing global design in the distribution center”. Let us say when you go to Walmart in Atlanta it looks one way and then let’s say you go to Walmart in Cincinnati, Ohio it looks completely different. It will be difficult fit for you to navigate to get even a simple cough syrup that you want to pick up. It will be much easier by the fact that if all the…

Getting Engaged in the Era of Experiential Retail

In April, I had a very busy week at the ProMat tradeshow in Chicago.  The show, which originally billed itself as a materials handling equipment event, now has something for everyone involved in supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution.  It offered a whole world of ideas on what’s happening in our industry. It was an interesting mix of offerings. About a third of the show involved robotics including associated components, control systems, gear mechanisms, motor actuators, and…

4 Best Practices in the Inventory Management through LPNs

This best practices that you implement in your supply chain is to Keep Track of Stock Movements through LPN (License Plate Number). You can make it a rule in your in your DC (Distribution Center) that any product which may be just one unit or two units or three units whatever it is any product, group of products, any set of products that you’re moving always gets an LPN.  LPN could be even called as…

5 Best Practices in the Directed Putaway to Improve Productivity

This warehouse best practice is called the directed putaway. Putaway is a process of moving the product after receiving at the receiving dock. The product gets received and either cases were built or the pallets were built and now these cases and pallets have to be put-away in their reserve location. The way it works is the product is moved from the receiving area to the reserve area in so many different ways. The user…

Top 4 Best Practices in Dimensioning of SKUs with Benefits

This best practice is about something called dimensioning of SKU’s in warehouse. Dimensioning of products is done by capturing the length width and height of the products. Boxes in which the products are being shipped are also dimensioned. These boxes are tracked as they are moved across with products capturing all the dimensions such as length, width, height, weight, volume and also the other attributes. The item master attributes of a product corresponds to the…

Top 3 Best Practices in Cross-docking with Benefits

This distribution center best practice is called the cross docking. Cross-docking is basically sending a product you are sending from one dock to another dock i.e. from the receiving dock to the outbound shipping dock directly without any intermediary processes. Cross-docking makes it so much efficient because you don’t have to send it to the reserve and then again from reserve to the active location and then pick from the active location. In the cross-docking…

The Best Practices in Warehouse Cartonization

If you are looking to upgrade your WMS or if you’re getting a new WMS or switching to another WMS or if this is your first time WMS, here’s the another feature to consider. This feature is called cartonization. Cartonization is done among the different carton box sizes that you have for your order, whatever items that are being shipped in that order, you find the smallest box that will hold these items of the…

The Best Practices for Implementing Advanced Shipment Notice (ASN)

We’re going to discuss another best practice that you can implement in your distribution center (DC). These practices need some more work to implement, like you have to design your systems, your process and so forth. This is not something that you can implement tomorrow or day after tomorrow, without process changes, systemic changes. But this is good to know because when you’re upgrading next time or when you’re implementing a brand new WMS for…

Top 5 Best Practices in Warehouse Dock Door Appointment Scheduling

Another best practice that you can implement in your distributions center is something called appointment scheduling. So basically what this means is when the truck drivers are arriving to your DC or when when they’re about to come to your DC they call ahead through their transportation companies and say “hey please give me an appointment, and I’m going to be there at this time, this date”. Booking the appointment makes it easy to make…

5 Best Practices in Optimizing the SKU Velocity in Your Warehouse

This post is about the best practices to track the velocity of your SKUs which is important to know as a DC manager and as a director of DC. As a supply chain inventory manager of your supply chain you got to know what are your A SKU’s, what are your B SKU’s, what are your C SKU’s. A SKUs are the fastest moving SKUs and the B SKUs are the moderately moving SKUs and…

3PL Panacea: The Flexible Mobile Supply Chain Platform

The third-party logistics (3PL) business is tough, because it covers a wide gamut of service offerings, that include some combination of: Just move my boxes and/or pallets. Move my boxes and/or pallets and store them in your warehouse. Move my boxes and/or pallets and operate my facility. Own all the labor and activities in my facility. Offer all distribution services for my product (All I will do is download my orders into your system/supply chain)….

3PL Panacea: The Flexible Mobile Supply Chain Platform

The third-party logistics (3PL) business is tough, because it covers a wide gamut of service offerings, that include some combination of: Just move my boxes and/or pallets. Move my boxes and/or pallets and store them in your warehouse. Move my boxes and/or pallets and operate my facility. Own all the labor and activities in my facility. Offer all distribution services for my product (All I will do is download my orders into your system/supply chain)….

Best Practices in Warehouse Dock Door Appointment Scheduling

Another best practice that you can implement in your distributions center is something called appointment scheduling. So basically what this means is when the truck drivers are arriving to your DC or when when they’re about to come to your DC they call ahead through their transportation companies and say “hey please give me an appointment, and I’m going to be there at this time, this date”. Booking the appointment makes it easy to make…

Put Quality in the Supply Chain

I would think that electronics OEMs or distributors would be leading the charge toward quality, and I’m sure many of them are. However, the first time I encountered a quality department that did extensive quality control it was in a New Hampshire distribution center (DC) that served the apparel industry. For this manufacturer, the goal was to make fairly priced clothing that delivered good quality to middle-aged women. The Director of Quality at the warehouse,…

5 Best Practices in Optimizing the SKU Velocity in Your Warehouse

This post is about the best practices to track the velocity of your SKUs which is important to know as a DC manager and as a director of DC. As a supply chain inventory manager of your supply chain you got to know what are your A SKU’s, what are your B SKU’s, what are your C SKU’s. A SKUs are the fastest moving SKUs and the B SKUs are the moderately moving SKUs and…

Chinese Smart Phones Capture Android Market

The smart phone market has historically been a huge battlefield and nothing about that is changing. In fact, if anything, it’s getting more competitive. It would be fair to say that this may be the year that the Chinese officially lead the smart phone market pack. The market leaders have evolved rapidly. It can be argued that U.S. innovators conceived of the smart phone, while the Koreans (specifically Samsung) came up with leading Android-based devices….

The Robots Have Arrived: You’re Fired!

That’s the fear, isn’t it? I think that this prediction is half right. The robots are coming, so brace yourself. Whether we like it or not, the robots are coming. However, I don’t think those robots are going to be taking over our jobs any time soon. We’re not looking at artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that have reached sophistication where robots can take over our world. I just don’t see that happening….

Tracking America’s Cannabis Supply Chain Challenges

Canada has declared Cannabis or Marijuana a legal medicine. United States is following suit, however here in the US, it is being done state by state, Colorado has done that for quite some time, many states are following, for the latest states please google as it is changing every time you read this article. So naturally there are a lot of Cannabis vendors that are going to set up shop and start selling them. One…

The Robots Have Arrived: You’re Fired!

That’s the fear, isn’t it? I think that this prediction is half right. The robots are coming, so brace yourself. Whether we like it or not, the robots are coming. However, I don’t think those robots are going to be taking over our jobs any time soon. We’re not looking at artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that have reached sophistication where robots can take over our world. I just don’t see that happening….

Supply Chain Hungry for Legal Tools Innovation

Technology changes quickly. Other fields, such as legal and finance, are comparatively slow to evolve. (A friend’s daughter recently told me she chose the finance discipline for that reason: to avoid having to constantly learn new technologies.) Changes do come though, especially as organizations move to keep up with financial reporting requirements. At the same time, technologist know that if you miss one technology way, it’s possible to catch the next one successfully.  In 1999,…

Supply Chain Hungry for Legal Tools Innovations

Technology changes quickly. Other fields, such as legal and finance, are comparatively slow to evolve. (A friend’s daughter recently told me she chose the finance discipline for that reason: to avoid having to constantly learn new technologies.) Changes do come though, especially as organizations move to keep up with financial reporting requirements. At the same time, technologist know that if you miss one technology way, it’s possible to catch the next one successfully.  In 1999,…

Expect Accountability from Supply Chain Operators & Partners

This past summer was fabulous. My brother-in-law got married and so my family got to go to India and participate in a typical South Indian wedding ceremony end to end, including all the pre- and post-wedding rituals, pre- and post-wedding parties, gift giving and receiving, the astrology and horoscope-based ceremonies, the auspicious poojas, and other traditions that the elders insist must be done.  My daughter was very excited. A lot of these traditions stem from…

LoadProof Has Now Been Recognized in The Financial Times Supply Chain Trends Case Study

We were featured as an Outstanding company that is driving new trends in the supply chains. Kenco and Smart Gladiator Transparency Retailers can make up to 10 per cent of their income from charging manufacturers for goods damaged in transit, a percentage that is increasing as compliance rules expand. To protect their manufacturing clients, Kenco, a logistics company, developed LoadProof in 2017. LoadProof is an app that uploads images, times, dates and shipment details at…

Ownership is Everything: The Data Integrous System of Record

Our actions and decisions are only as good as the data we use to rule them. That being true, when designing complicated systems, ensure the integrity of the data set involved becomes enormously important. Obviously, the data that resides in a system should be accurate. However, it also needs to have integrity, which means consistent and not unnecessarily redundant. A good data set is invaluable. Done well, it puts all of the data elements in…

Case in Point: Real Insights from an IoT Pilot in a Distribution Center

It’s one thing to rave about the benefits that IoT will deliver to a distribution center, but it’s another to get a look at how it really adds value and provides actionable insights. Let’s take a look at one experience I had recently. Recently, I was at a prospect site for a pilot demonstrating our technology. Typically, we show up at the client site Monday morning and get things up and running in an hour….

Ownership is Everything: The Data Integrous System of Record

Our actions and decisions are only as good as the data we use to rule them. That being true, when designing complicated systems, ensure the integrity of the data set involved becomes enormously important. Obviously, the data that resides in a system should be accurate. However, it also needs to have integrity, which means consistent and not unnecessarily redundant. A good data set is invaluable. Done well, it puts all of the data elements in…

LoadProof – Animation Explainer Video

Prove that you did your job right with LoadProof and avoid chargebacks. The industry first advanced supply chain tracking technology.

The Startup Phenomenon: How 3PL’s Can Use it to Increase Value & Capture Market

It’s true that necessity is the mother of invention. Creativity, though, is the father, and knowledge is the midwife. As people, we are wired for survival. When we are in tough times, our creativity and persistent shine through. By staying focused and thinking creatively, we can come up with solutions and take advantage of each opportunity as it arises. I know that from experience. When I graduated from college as a mechanical engineer, I was…

IoT-Based Labor Management Systems Offer Big Benefits

You cannot manage what you cannot measure—so if you want to manage something you need to be able to measure it.  The average distributor, then, can improve productivity by 7% just by implementing a system that measures labor and publishes a daily report on operator’s performance. It’s all about the psychology of it. When people know they are being measured, their attitude completely changes. They become more proactive. When they don’t have work, they ask…

The Power of Music in Supply Chain

Conventional wisdom dictates that a picture is worth a thousand words and stories are worth a thousand pictures. I believe that…and I use stories in my presentation regularly. Of course, picking the right story is critical to making the biggest impact. Sometimes, though, I have an audience that speaks a completely different language. How do you communicate to inspire then? I think the answer is music. My daughter has been singing since she was five,...

Image Tracking Across the Entire Supply Chain

A picture is worth a thousand words and a story is worth a thousand pictures. It’s little wonder, then, that people often long to describe a problem with a picture. In their personal lives, technology savvy people snap a picture and send it off to get a problem solved. And yet, within the supply chain, no vendor has included end-to-end image tracking for stock keeping units (SKUs) as part of the base functionality of their…

CSCMP Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Award – Finalist

CSCMP Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Award – Finalist – Kenco Logistics, Sealed Air & Smart Gladiator Loadproof – Presentation Part 1 at the 2017 CSCMP Edge Conference in Atlanta Sep 24 to Sep 27. CSCMP Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Award – Finalist – Kenco Logistics, Sealed Air & Smart Gladiator Loadproof – Presentation Part 2 at the 2017 CSCMP Edge Conference in Atlanta Sep 24 to Sep 27.

Smart Gladiator Named to Top 100 Great Supply Chain Partner List By SupplyChainBrain Magazine

DULUTH, Ga. – Sept. 24, 2018 — Smart Gladiator, a leading Wearable and Mobile technology provider, is proud to announce that it has been named to the 2018 list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners by SupplyChainBrain. As a reader poll, Smart Gladiator was nominated by supply chain professionals for providing outstanding solutions and services to receive this recognition. Now in its 16th year, SupplyChainBrain collected nominations for hundreds of solutions providers in all sectors of supply chain…

IoT-Based Labor Management Systems Offer Big Benefits

You cannot manage what you cannot measure—so if you want to manage something you need to be able to measure it.  The average distributor, then, can improve productivity by 7% just by implementing a system that measures labor and publishes a daily report on operator’s performance. It’s all about the psychology of it. When people know they are being measured, their attitude completely changes. They become more proactive. When they don’t have work, they ask…

The Power of Music in Supply Chains

Conventional wisdom dictates that a picture is worth a thousand words and stories are worth a thousand pictures. I believe that…and I use stories in my presentation regularly. Of course, picking the right story is critical to making the biggest impact. Sometimes, though, I have an audience that speaks a completely different language. How do you communicate to inspire then? I think the answer is music. My daughter has been singing since she was five,…

Image Enable Your Supply Chain, Blockchain Enable Your Images

Blockchain has great potential to solve problems and address supply chain problems. Personally, the area that excites me most is track and trace—especially when you consider the possibility of taking these capabilities to the next level. Let us take a step back and look at the current supply chain processes and their evolution. Packing slip, paper ASN Advance Shipment Notices (ASNs) are sent in advance to let the receiver know what products or deliveries are…

Image Enable Your Supply Chain, Blockchain Enable Your Images

Blockchain has great potential to solve problems and address supply chain problems. Personally, the area that excites me most is track and trace—especially when you consider the possibility of taking these capabilities to the next level. Let us take a step back and look at the current supply chain processes and their evolution. Packing slip, paper ASN Advance Shipment Notices (ASNs) are sent in advance to let the receiver know what products or deliveries are…

Bots May be the Next Big Supply Chain Invasion

I ran into a bot for the very first time back in the year 2000. These computer programs ideally automate tasks normally handled by humans. For me, the bot streamlined a shopping task. At the time, it blew my mind. I was heading out on a business trip to the Netherlands, and I wanted to capture the trip in pictures with a new camera. My job was to support the roll-out of a warehouse management…

Resuscitating Retail: Big Lessons from Big Winners

It is very easy to look at the adversity, see only doom and gloom and give up quickly. However, real winners see the opportunities behind the challenge. It may be tempting to assume that e-commerce is the new reality, but I believe retail sales still have promise. Let me share a story. Once, a gentleman had a beautiful bone china cup in which he would enjoy his tea, while reading his books. He relished the…

Employee Math: When Two Plus Two is More than Four

A technical person would argue that 2+2 is always 4, never less or never more. This person would point to mathematics or physics. Perhaps, it would be an argument of common sense and logic. In human psychology, though, there’s a different kind of math, where two plus two might equal 10, 30 or more. When you build a team with the right kind of people, you capture extraordinary gains. Let me explain. In this mathematical…

The Smart Machine Age: Humans Need Not Apply

At a recent Next-Gen Executives: Trans-formative Leadership in the Smart Machine Age Summit, I learned that the leadership component was as much or more important than the smart machine part. The professor leading the summit was Dr. Ed Hess from University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. After an exhaustive amount of research, he and his team have written this book titled Humility—a title that points to a key attribute of great leaders. Trans-formative leadership…

Transformational Leadership in the Smart Machine Age

I was excited to see an email from my alma mater, Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology, inviting me for a thought leadership summit. I knew I wanted to go, but I also knew I needed preparation. This complimentary, invitation-only VIP partner event that is hosted by Dr. Saby Mitra, who was our faculty director when I finished my MBA in 2012. He is being joined Dr. Ed Hess, professor of Business…

7 Things About Amazon the Retail Supply Chain Needs to Know

It was nice a Sunday evening at Orlando Florida. Our company, Smart Gladiator, was one of the Start-Up Technology companies that was selected to represent the Georgia team in the Retail Industry Association (RILA) Retail Supply Chain Conference 2017. The conference was full of educational sessions. Not just a source of subject matter experts discussing the major trends, the event was a great way to network and learn from other leaders and stalwarts of the Industry….

Connectivity & IoT Create Greater Supply Chain Data Collection Options

The Internet will disappear. There will be so many IP addresses, so many devices, sensors, things that you are wearing, things that you are interacting with, that you won’t even sense it. It will be part of your presence all the time. Imagine you walk into a room, and the room is dynamic. And with your permission and all of that, you are interacting with the things going on in the room. — Eric Schmidt, Google…

Newest Supply Chain Paradigm Shift Hits Retail

In 1997, I had a half-day training with the leader of the multinational company I had just joined in Bangalore. He started with a story from Steven Covey’s book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People about paradigm shift: One morning on a subway in New York, people were sitting quietly – some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm, peaceful scene. Then suddenly, a man and his…

Voice Evolves the Efficiency of the Warehouse

The first time I was confronted with the idea of voice picking, I was intrigued. This was quite a long time ago, but when I saw the design spec I sat down with the consultant who was designing the system to learn more. I asked him, “Why the heck would a user want to talk to the computer.” His response: “Because functions executed using voice are much more efficient.” Clearly, technology evolves, and that’s a…

No Quick Picks: The Right Retail Technology Makes a Difference

If brick and mortar retail is to survive, retailers can’t just sell technology, but they must use technology in new and smart ways. Plus, it can’t be gadgets for the sake of gadgets, but must help customers in measurable ways. What that looks like is continued to evolve. It might be installing iPad stations where shoppers can browse (and hopefully buy) products that they can’t find on the retail floor. It may be putting up…

Living in the Shadow of Amazon: Learn the Lessons

Amazon is the elephant in the room where any supply chain conversation is happening. Everyone is chasing that Amazon effect. Everyone is trying to figure out how to deliver on the expectations of customers that Amazon and its business models have created. Retrofitting Amazon’s strategies or tactics for another business is tough. In terms of order volume and order profile, Amazon is its own kind of beast. At the same time, it makes sense to look…

Retail Needs to Get it’s Groove Back

Is retail dead? This became the crux of the matter when I found myself invited to pitch in front of a leading retailer at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech. It was an exciting opportunity that was dulled when the name of the retailer was revealed.  They are losing market share to Amazon, the big elephant in every conference room discussing supply chain topics. This retailer was on a downhill slide, shutting multiple store…

Superhero Tools Inspire Consumer – Centric Design

Think about all our familiar, modern superheroes: Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Ironman, and Wonder Woman. What differentiates them from others is, at least in part, a heroic attitude, let’s call it swagger.  All the movies that trace their exploits did an excellent job of taking us vicariously through their adventures, making us believe that just about anything was possible. They beat up the bad guys, catch the corrupt official red handed, and move seamlessly through the…

Omnichannel Retail Stresses Demand New Tools

Delivering an omnichannel experience to customers has become newest Holy Grail for retailers. At the same time, trying to use old tools and processes to meet these new service level demands creates nothing but headaches. Omnichannel refers to the standard of offering a seamless brand experience to the consumer across all channels: retail store, Internet, and mobile device. The new standard takes “the customer is always right” to the next level, saying that consumers should…

Tech Industry Needs to Call for Multicultural Leaders

It is time to call out the elephant in the room: in the technology space in the U.S., there is a serious lack of multicultural leadership. When I say leadership, I’m referring to the ability of techies (read programmers or developers) to inspire a multicultural organization, and to be the torchbearer who shines a light on the un-trodden path. Really, there are only a handful. To get to the heart of the problem, it’s important…

Buying from a Vendor that specializes in this domain is better than building it yourself

Buying from a Vendor that specializes in this domain is better than building it yourself Today, IT technology is one of the biggest enablers of supply chain efficiency. Organizations, then, are aware that finding or creating the right capabilities is central to business success. When enterprises contemplate implementing complicated IT infrastructure, whether it is hardware, software, systems or anything else associated with such infrastructure, they are faced with a major decision: whether to buy this…

The Power of Amazon Prime: Changing People’s Habits Changes the Game

I recently visited a major speaker manufacturer with cutting edge technology. The layout of the facility demonstrated clearly how much the company cares about its products. The main reception area had a demo area and my host demonstrated just how loud he could make the music without jeopardizing the quality of the sound. This company was passionate about sound technology. It got me thinking about what the layout of a distribution center might say about…

Smart Phones Deliver Best Quality Video

Today, businesses large and small are blogging to get their ideas out there. My company is no different. We know it makes a difference since potential customers mention them. At the same time, we are always looking for new way to explore and expand the conversation about technology and the supply chain. For some, video is more engaging and convenient. At the same time, viewers are becoming increasingly demanding about quality. They only want to…

Emotional Investment Leads to Success

It’s been said that hindsight is 20/20… and it’s certainly true that taking a moment to ponder the outcomes of the projects and activities of the year is useful. I’ve had wild successes, as well as some equally fantastic failures. As a project manager, I’ve always believe that if my team did not accomplish its goals, it pointed to a failure on my part.  Learning from both the ups and the downs is the first…

6 Best Practices for Order Picking in Distribution

Getting products into hands of the customer quickly and efficiently is quickly moving from a differentiation to table stakes. As expectation of buyers increase, distribution centers must look for new ways to get things done correctly and efficiently. Consider these realities: Often, the picking process is the most time-consuming process off all, making it a potential bottleneck. More orders picked translate to more orders shipped. That leads to quicker invoicing and increased revenues. Picking also directly impacts…

Racing to Work: Hyper-Competition Demands Passion & Attitude

Sometimes, a regular day sticks in your memory. I still remember one typical Monday. I woke up at 3:00 AM, packed a week’s worth of clothes, kissed my wife and child, and got on the road to go to the airport. On the freeway, I saw a guy on a motorcycle, who took off with a sudden burst from the streetlight. He was faster than me, but the burst of energy was contagious. When you…

Fast Charging Comes to Maturity to Support Supply Chain Tasks

Google announced its Pixel phone bragging that it could last up to seven hours after a 15-minute charge. How cool is that? You don’t need to go through a miserable day if (or maybe more truthfully when) you forget to charge your phone the night before. I know from experience. When I had an iPhone 5, it would be a hard day if I missed charging before I went to sleep. Then, I got the Samsung Galaxy…

The Real Problem with Digital Assistants

Business people all had real assistants, people who helped them. Now, on our mobile devices, we all have digital assistants (i.e. Siri, Alexa, S-Voice etc.) on our mobile devices. They’ve become the virtual assistants of those once vital Girl Friday. In some ways, it’s an idea whose time has come. Back in the days, we weren’t sending emails. We weren’t writing Word documents. We weren’t copying and pasting documents. Computers changed everything… Now, we work…

8 Ways the Chennai Floods Demonstrated the (Good & Bad) Power of Social Media

Last month, Chennai, the coastal capital of Southern State Tamil Nadu often called the Detroit of South India, was battered by record-breaking rains that exceeded normal levels by three times and broke a record that had held for more than a century. The torrential downpour submerged the city, brought transportation of all types to a screeching halt, and left many homeless. The deluge was particularly bad news for many multinational automakers since the city is a thriving…

Storytelling: The Secret Weapon of Great Organizations

If as the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words, then I believe that a story is worth 1,000 pictures. Why is Akbar called Akbar the Great? Why is Alexander called Alexander the Great? Who else has earned this moniker? This was how one conversation started in my ninth grade history class. None of us knew why our history teacher, one just newly arrived in our classroom was asking this. In the past, history…

Leverage Video to Engage & Teach New Technology

Every organization has a variety of systems aimed at streamlining processes and getting things done. Unfortunately, the plethora of technologies and software can confuse the average employee, especially if it’s a system skillset that only gets used sporadically. Video, however, can present key reminders and steps quickly to get workers the information they need to be productive. My daughter and I often try cooking new recipes in our kitchen. We find that YouTube is the best…

Find the Fire: Great Teams Need Passion

You might call it ambition. You might call it determination. You might even call it passion. I call it fire in the belly. Whatever name it goes by, though, this characteristic is far and away what I look for in every one of our employees as we build our organization.  Of course, every organization needs good people. High-tech supply chain and logistics organizations, though, need them even more to keep up with the fast pace…

Simulation Tools Optimize Processes & Take Surprises Out of WMS Deployments

I learned a few things when I spent one winter in a distribution center in Canada.  I learned what it was like to arrive for work in the dark and leave in the dark. I learned about the extra connector in Canadian cars that would allow the car to be plugged in to heat the engine block so the car would still start in sub-zero weather. I learned about how these winter warriors would get…

Tracking the Evolution of Distribution Center Tech

In the distribution center (DC), technology has taken over many manually intensive, paper-based processes. That progression is fascinating.  Technology is being leveraged to create superior processes and connect workers seamlessly throughout the distribution center. Early in 2000, I visited a Detroit-area DC that based its efficiency on highly disciplined paper-based processes, ruled by the iron fist of the DC manager. This tough woman had more than 30 years of experience in the organization, which had…

Tell Apple to Stop Drinking its Own Kool Aid: The PC Isn’t Dead Yet

“I think if you’re looking at a PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?” Apple CEO Tim Cook recent queried a Telegraph reporter. It’s a great sound point, but there’s at least one big reason that the iPad Pro won’t be replacing enterprise PCs anytime soon. In the startup world, it’s called drinking your own Kool-Aid when entrepreneurs, particularly product creators, get too excited about their own products. When that happens,…

The Ebb & Flow of Retail Supply Chain: Is AI The Answer?

This month puts us well past the holiday season, with its tradition of frenzied holiday shopping. For those, the shopping tradition and the weeks after provide an opportunity for bragging rights about the savings I achieved in my holiday bargain hunting starting at Thanksgiving.  At the same time, it marks a good time for electronics retailers to start getting ready for the next big shopping surge. I think nostalgically of my first experience with holiday…

Smart Machine Age Shifts The Future Workforce

Recently, I was invited to take a place on a Tech for Distribution Center (DC) panel during the annual Georgia Logistics Summit. We tackled some intriguing questions: During this time of technological change, what does the future work force look like? What is the most important quality to look for when hiring? Who will be best suited to carry the organization into the new smart machine age? The Center for Logistics Innovation, which is part of…

Micromanaging for Success: What’s Your Style?

Managers matter. Management style matters. For many workers, autonomy means trust. When I look back on my career, my best managers avoided micromanaging their employees. However, I’ve also seen it work for some leaders. Early in my career, while I still lived in India, I remember one interview, for a job with a newly-minted public company, very clearly. It was a Sunday afternoon in Bangalore. I had been scheduled to meet with Raj, but a…

Industry Pundits Look at Digital Disruption

We live in a digital world…and it’s only going to get more digital. With that reality in mind, I’ve wanted to dig deeper into the topic, particularly as it relates to the high-tech industry. That’s why I was excited to see an invite from my alma mater, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, to attend a Digital Disruption panel moderated by Maryam Alavi, dean of the school. The participants were: David Godsman, chief digital officer,…

The Internet as the Great Equalizer

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In fact, at least when it comes to figuring out strategy, one excellent way to find the path to success is to find someone who is doing what you would want to do and study that successful execution. You can create a successful model and understand market dynamics. You’ve seen it happen in business often before. For example, back in 1980’s, Motorola wanted to know whether cell phones…

How Anne Hathaway Drives Distribution Center Operators Crazy

If Anne Hathaway (or fill in the blank with your favorite star) were hosting a party, I can imagine that she’s want to create a magical evening for the guests, perhaps even sending them home with a special memento of the evening: something elegant, luxurious, personal, and lasting. This doesn’t sound like an unreasonable expectation from a VIP shopper’s perspective but are the retailers and the distributors fully equipped to handle such an order? You…

Defining Leadership for the Tech Industry

When we talk about leadership in the technology sector, it’s critical to start with a shared understanding of what leadership really is. There are plenty of misconceptions about what leadership is. Let’s start with looking at what leadership isn’t. True leaders are not: Dominating. Leaders don’t talk in loud voices with intent to suppress others. Controlling. Leaders don’t feel the need to control everything and influence others through that control. Colluding and manipulating. Leaders don’t…

Automation Smooths Out Seasonal Peaks & Valleys

It’s surprising but huge warehouses with several sophisticated systems are not immune from sending their warehouse operators home in the middle of the day due of lack of work. Planning is especially hard in peak holiday seasons. Often, it seems warehouse managers have no effective tools to accurately forecast labor demands based on outstanding orders waiting fulfillment. If you take a step back to see the historical evolution of the labor management systems, it all…

Foster a Culture of Innovation in the Supply Chain

“Culture will eat strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, anytime.” This was the first sentence that the professor of marketing and strategy uttered during our first MBA class at Georgia Tech. He underlined his point with the story of how Kellogg’s tried to conquer the Indian market with its breakfast cereal. The company was trying to sell corn flakes with cold milk as breakfast in the Indian market, a culture that eats a warm breakfast finished…

Virtual Reality: Exploring the Potential of the Oculus Rift

Back in 1995, when I went to see a movie called Disclosure, the story line about sexual harassment in corporate America was OK, but what really fascinated us was this thing called virtual reality. In the movie, the virtual world was used to store confidential information in a system of files and folders within the computers. Who wouldn’t be riveted by a seemingly real virtual world created by computers. Today, the Oculus rift is creating a similar spark…

iPad Pro Not Ready for Supply Chain Prime Time

When Apple introduced the iPad Pro, I was intrigued by the technology, and I could clearly see opportunity for the device in the supply chain. Unfortunately, a handful of limitations remain that will hold adoption back and keep organizations with tried and true PCs instead. Lack of browser compatibility Enterprises cannot get rid of the PC easily even if they want to. The reality is that many enterprise applications, especially browser-based apps, are coded to work…

Cultural Intelligence Proves Critical to Global Strategy

To be effective globally, organizations need to foster cultural intelligence, especially in senior management. A couple of weeks ago, I met with the chief operating officer of a leading contract manufacturer with $18 billion annual revenue. He was interested in our technology, and I know he has a reputation for being influential within his organization. I was curious to understand him and how he had gotten to where he is. I found that he attributed…

Drones in Distribution Centers: Has the Time Arrived?

While there are many companies working on drone deliveries, it might be relatively easier to deploy drones in the distribution centers and get some real return on investment (ROI). Although drone delivery seems very interesting, we are pretty far from that becoming a reality. Before delivery drones fill the skies, safety concerns need to be addressed. First, everyone needs to feel comfortable with the concept of an autonomous flying machine flying in the near vicinity….

How Chinese Manufacturing Makes America Great?

Recently, I travelled to china to meet with one of our vendors. As soon as I set foot in the country, I was impressed with a variety of things that I saw.  The Shenzhen airport was big and modern. The familiar Starbucks logo and store were there—so familiar despite the strange surroundings. Thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a fishing village. Now, it is the third largest city in China, smaller only than Shanghai and Beijing….

Mobile Tech Extends the Life of Legacy Systems

Fifteen years ago, after I had joined a supply chain vendor as a developer, I encountered a product called J walk (a unit-testing tool for the Java programming language). After a week of training with the software, I was given a funny little dongle that had to be plugged in the back of the PC to activate the software.  The ultimate goal was to create a good-looking user interface (UI) that would enhance the user…

Embrace Entrepreneurial Thinking

I recently visited NASA’s Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center. It was a fun and educational trip, especially for my daughter.  We spent a lot of time looking at the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit. It also brought back memories. During the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 in 2003, I was with a bunch of friends driving from Atlanta to Washington DC to attend another friend’s wedding. When we stopped for gas, we saw a video of…

Operations or IT: Don’t Pick a Side

Recently, I was telling a colleague about how we helped a retailer with a week-long pilot project with our distribution center technology. The results were exciting. Day one, productivity shot up 8%, which translated into labor savings that any operations executive would love. It shone a light, though, on a very real tussle that occurs in many organizations: the distribution center executive loved the productivity gain and the new technology, but the IT team didn’t…

Drones in Distribution: Counting Inventory

We can all imagine drones moving boxes in the distribution center. However, there are a couple of reasons that make it difficult to move boxes today. That being said, another scenario offers even a more compelling advantage: inventory control. Of course, a few technological hurdles need to be overcome for this idea to be really feasible. Today, the payload for a drone is limited. To increase the payload, the drones need more motors and propellers,…

Threat of Robot Warehouse Invasion Overblown

During a couple of recent trade shows and conferences, I heard some intriguing presentations on how robots taking over warehouse worker jobs. By many accounts, venture capitalists are flocking to fund these companies. Naturally, I wanted to get a reality check from real end users and decision makers. I wanted to know, if they had decided to move to robotics, about the return on investment (ROI) they expected, as well as how they built their…