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b'Hello, I\\u2019m Marty and I\\u2019d like to thank you for listening in today with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. We\\u2019re actually out on the road again this week, visiting a Production facility in Arizona and attending a golf tournament benefiting the American Heart Association a bit later in Nevada. When I say attending I\\u2019m referring to working a Tee or Vendor table, by no stretch of the imagination could I be considered a golfer. I\\u2019ve tried taking it up several times but to no avail. I can drive almost any type of Industrial equipment but I can\\u2019t drive that little ball down the fairway. Belmar Integrated Logistics has sponsored a hole on the course for the cause and they\\u2019ve invited WAOC to present it with them. With any luck I may just be able to grab one of their executives to chat with us a few minutes during the episode.
\\nLast week we discussed getting noticed by our management team, how to insure it & use it to our advantage. We briefly mentioned the audit process, probably should have gone into it a little deeper or talked a bit more about it as its one of the things we can really help our supervisor with. As we spoke of last week, if we bring up something that can make our supervisor\\u2019s job a bit easier we will get noticed and that\\u2019s not easily forgotten. With just a little self-taught knowledge and a good keyword tossed into a conversation we can get their attention.
\\nOk, I believe every warehouse in all industries are open to at least yearly audits. I\\u2019d think all cities would have an inspection program or facilities inspector, and I\\u2019d bet at least a Fire Inspector or Fire Marshall may stop by annually. Some heavier equipment buildings may have a regulatory agency such as OSHA or an agency involved within the particular industry could be required to visit each year. If you\\u2019re in the food service industry you could have other state and federal agencies come by such as the FDA or USDA, and there\\u2019s a host of other agencies, again, depending on your business and industry that could be required to visit, and many could make surprise or unannounced visits throughout the year. These days a lot of customers and vendors that you deal with could stop in unannounced, checking on their products, how we\\u2019re handling them, storing them etc. It can certainly be over whelming on our management teams to keep up with all the regulatory concerns and any special requirements and demands of their accounts. That\\u2019s where the experts come in, or as we spoke too last week the 3rd party auditors. These are simply, well not simple I guess, but these are companies that know the regulations and probably more importantly know the documentation needed to insure we\\u2019re following all the best practices and rules, and in many cases the laws that the different agencies are tasked with enforcing. Remember, these city, state and federal inspectors and inspections are important. They\\u2019re not here just to impose fines on our companies but rather insure our safety and the safety of the public. I\\u2019ve taken part in and walked many facilities with auditors of all types and I can honestly tell you I\\u2019ve never met an official that wasn\\u2019t more concerned with sharing and teaching or instructing rather than fining and criticizing a company\\u2019s staff. Now of course you have to really care and have been following the rules and regulations and more importantly keeping up with your documentation but barring any flat out negligence on our part I believe you\\u2019ll find them a wealth of information & that they will do their best to help you get in line with the programs. I kind of veered of topic again, but one more point I\\u2019d like to make about an Auditor, don\\u2019t lie or try and mislead them, answer every question even if the answer is \\u201clet me check on that or I\\u2019m not certain, let me get that for you\\u201d. Know that this is not their first walk, they\\u2019ve heard it all and know what\\u2019s what. Don\\u2019t strike up a conversation with them but answer their questions...'