Field notes · 2 May 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.

We once inherited a beautiful inbound chart hung behind a support pillar in a grocery packing hall. Nobody walked that path during peak. Carton accuracy lived on a TV above the break area — useful for breaks, useless for correcting a bay mid-shift.

Floor geometry is part of warehouse fulfilment KPI visualisation. Measure the distance from the decision point to the wall, check glare under high-bay lights, and leave margin for a dry-wipe update. If the only free wall faces away from packers, freestanding frames at aisle ends often beat a prettier location upstairs.

Photograph your candidate walls before you brief us. It saves a revision cycle and keeps print spend on panels people will stand under.

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