Field notes
Notes from UK warehouse floors on pick measures, dock clocks, and what supervisors actually update.
Practical writing from site visits and board redraws. No generic productivity essays — just fulfilment floor decisions.
Handover cards that fit a clock-out window
Night-to-day packs fail when they need twenty minutes of spreadsheet love. Four numbers with owners work better.
29 Jul 2026
Dock-to-stock: name the hand-off or keep arguing
Gate arrival, ASN match, and putaway are three clocks. Mixing them on one line invites the wrong blame.
18 Jun 2026
Sightlines beat fancy charts in a packing hall
A perfect chart that faces the wrong way will lose to a blunt number a packer can see from bay six.
2 May 2026
Why pick rate alone misleads a double shift
Units per hour look tidy until you separate training lanes, short picks, and wave release timing.
12 Mar 2026