Warehouse operations
Distribution client: Picking time from 100 seconds to 15
A warehouse operations engagement where picking time per order fell from hundreds of seconds to 15, halving picking and shipping headcount.
100s → 15s
Per order
½
Picking and shipping headcount
The situation
A distribution operation was picking orders in hundreds of seconds each. The published result of the engagement is picking time cut to 15 seconds per order, with picking and shipping headcount halved.
CPC's approach
Warehouse work sits alongside CPC's transportation practice. The general method is the same: measure the current operation, find where the time and cost actually go, and change the process so the improvement holds.
Client-specific detail is not published and is not invented here.
The result
Picking time fell from hundreds of seconds per order to 15, and picking and shipping headcount was halved.
Results are specific to the facts and scope of each engagement and are not averages, typical results, or guarantees.