How Seta Corp. reduced its labor fulfillment costs by 45 percent.

By Reported Donna Loyle

Takeaway Tip: Staff and schedule your operation according to the expected productivity, by both job and employee, says Holody.

For example, if Seta has 4,000 units to pick in one day, and its top producer can pick 500 units per hour, managers schedule that employee to do all the picking for that day’s orders. Other pickers are assigned to other duties that day, says Holody. Similarly, if the company had 3,000 units to get picked one day, managers would assign the top performer to work six hours on picking and the remaining hours on other duties.