Hello all, I\u2019m Marty and this is Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Last week we were in the Midwest, we had the opportunity to visit a couple of different types of distribution facilities and speak with several associates, Unloaders, Selectors and forklift drivers, I had a really good conversation with a sanitation lead. It\u2019s great to see all the passion and professionalism, I guess it\u2019s the word pride that I\u2019m looking for. Anyway, I enjoyed visiting with all these professionals. This week I\u2019m over in the Southwest and visiting the Production and Manufacturing sides of the industry. No manner where I go or what part of our industry, I\u2019m getting to look at I so enjoy getting to visit with the employees. There\u2019s a lot of up and coming success stories out there! Keep up the great work ladies and gentlemen, I know it appreciated by your management teams and it\u2019ll get you to those goals, keep working the plan! Oh, saying that reminded me of making money, that\u2019s why we\u2019re all working in the first place right? So, I\u2019ve mentioned, a couple of times probably, another podcast I listen too called Unlocking the secret of living rich with Cindy B Brown. As I\u2019ve said, I\u2019m not affiliated with it at all, but you should check out her last episode titled #91 Creative Savings Strategies. Talk about making money, her tips last week can actually increase our net, in our pocket money at the end of each year! Be sure to check it out if you have the time. I strayed again, so let\u2019s talk about Operations for the next few minutes!
\nAbout 50% of these trips involved Safety, instructing Safety, investigating reports and just visiting with Safety managers or those responsible for loss and prevention. WAOC received a short message, a question really, I guess, it kind of fits with my recent travels so I wanted to share parts of it with you today. It starts by saying I\u2019ve really enjoyed your recent episodes on all the different positions in warehousing, I myself started unloading railcars, moved to be a runner, then a receiver and now I am a forklift driver, I love my old Toyota counterbalance side shifter. I understand the importance of safety and I pay attention to what I\u2019m doing but those everyday safety meetings and repeating the same things over and over again\u2026 Lets be honest it\u2019s a waste of time. It\u2019s not just my manager, it\u2019s every company it seems. Shouldn\u2019t we just take a course, sign off on it and go to work every day? It\u2019s important but most people just quit listening.
\nFirst, I want to thank you for writing us, and you\u2019d be surprised how often I hear or see the same thing. And I think that\u2019s exactly why it has to be brought up every day. I mean it has to be interesting, it has to cover real life situations that pertain to our individual positions and I believe we have to be able to relate to it. I\u2019d love to hear from a few of our listeners that are responsible for delivering those start-up and safety meetings. Maybe a Supervisor or Manager, maybe a Safety director, how do you keep your associates engaged? Send us some of your secrets to host@warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com and we\u2019ll share your thoughts with the group!
\nYou\u2019ve all heard me talk about the importance of a good Near Miss Program, I think these programs can solve all these opportunities. By us employees being the ones observing a near miss, something we\u2019ve seen in our aisles or on our docks and documenting it it\u2019ll give our supervisors a real-life situation to share with our whole team. The little things are of course a quick fix, and the larger issues can be passed on to our company\u2019s safety committees or upper management to get corrected. As we\u2019ve learned, if its documented it happened, it has to be addressed to some degree, and anything that\u2019s not documented, we\u2019ll it never really happened or happens at all! What better way to keep a topic or conversation interesting than to participate in it right?