Indianapolis, IN -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/16/2015 -- Carrie Mantey and Elliot Maras reported for Food Logistics that on-time shipments remain the most popular metric among members of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), followed by internal order cycle time in hours. The survey indicates a preference shift from operations-based measures to customer-based measures. The survey was presented during the WERC conference by researchers Joe Tillman, founder of TSquared Logistics, Karl Manrodt, professor at Georgia College & State University, and Donnie Williams, assistant professor at Georgia Southern University.
System Integration News, sponsored by Bastian Solutions, reported that annually the survey identifies 12 of the most popular measures based on the number of results for each metric. The purpose of the study, which began in 2003, is to eradicate bad warehousing practices. Survey participants report actual levels of performance for the past year. The presenters explained how strategy affects the metrics an organization tracks and how that affects the significance of the metrics to the DC. If a business' strategy focuses on cost containment, the metrics will vary when compared to an organization that is focusing on customer service.
The presenters emphasized that although every organization would like to be the best of everything, it is unrealistic and overly expensive to do that. The study captures 45 key operational metrics and groups them into five sets: customer, operational, financial, capacity/quality, and employee/safety. There are additional sets related to perfect order and cash-to-cash cycle measurement.
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