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

By Reported Donna Loyle

Holody says the following action steps helped boost inventory accuracy:

* Reduce the amount of times a product is handled. For example, Holody and his team eliminated reserve stock locations. Instead, they take all items directly from quality control and put them in a forward picking location. “This results in a small increase in walk time,” says Holody, “but we offset that by entirely eliminating the replenishment function.”