Get the Doors Closed
b'In the world of warehousing, wither we\\u2019re in manufacturing, production or distribution we have a saying, Get the doors closed. Our supervisors and managers use that amongst themselves and their bosses, that\\u2019s their primary goal for the shift. Now that encompasses controlling their hours, meeting their production or productivity needs and setting the plate for the next shift. Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I\\u2019m Marty T Hawkins and with this episode we\\u2019ll all be getting the doors closed on 2019! I\\u2019ve had a blast this year, and our Thursday get togethers have been a big part of that fun. We have some great plans for WAOC in 2020. We\\u2019ve lined up some interesting guests, on a variety of different topics and we\\u2019ll be talking a lot about those first steps into the front-line management opportunities out there. I\\u2019ve met several new recruiters and hiring agents that\\u2019ll help us with our career choices this year & I\\u2019m excited about learning from each of them! As we get those doors closed on this year, I\\u2019d like to thank you, all of our listener\\u2019s for stopping in each week and for all the participation, emails & questions you\\u2019ve sent in. It\\u2019s each of you that have kept us going for 170 consecutive weeks. You\\u2019ve made it worthwhile for us and I hope we\\u2019ve brought you some useful information, somethings you\\u2019ve been able to advance your careers with this year!
\\nSo, a part of getting the doors closed each shift is the planning that goes into tomorrow\\u2019s shift! I take a moment every day to review the days successes and what I could have done better! I actually as myself \\u201cWhat is one thing that\\u2019ll make me better tomorrow\\u201d every night. We\\u2019ve learned a little about planning & goals this year, it\\u2019s such an important part of our careers whither we have found the perfect job for ourselves or we\\u2019re on a path to a position we see as our long term career or where we\\u2019re wanting to retire from. I was thinking what better way to review the years planning than from those that\\u2019s lived it with our group! The logistics of getting everyone together for a show proved impossible here at the last week of the year so we thought we\\u2019d try reaching out to individuals separately and adding those calls to the show as they called in. As I\\u2019ve mentioned several times, we here at WAOC are nowhere close to being audio experts. It\\u2019s going to be a lot fun anyway! As you know one of my favorite podcasts is hosted by Cindy B Brown, if her show Unlocking the secret to living rich is not on your weekly got to listen list you\\u2019re missing out when it comes to your money! Anyway, I grabbed about 2 minutes of a recent episode, #115 titled Set Goals Now that came out the first of December, with her permission of course, and I wanted to play a couple of highlights it here for you. I\\u2019ll be sure to post a link to the full episode in today\\u2019s show notes too, I\\u2019m sure you\\u2019re going to want to catch the whole show, it\\u2019s just that good. So, let\\u2019s hear her 5 points to setting goals. http://unlockingthesecretoflivingrich.libsyn.com/115-set-goals-now
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\\nWow, powerful stuff. After I listened to that episode I called Cindy, yep I know a published author, not affiliated with her book or podcast but I like them both, anyway I called her and told her how great that episode was. In our world of operations, we can apply each of those 5 tips in our planning and structuring our goals! I have integrated those 5 thoughts into my overall goals for next year. We have to accept the roadblocks that we\\u2019re going to experience with our tasks. Our jobs are touched, I won\\u2019t say controlled by others but at least touched by the task before us or our mechanics or in many instances our computer systems. Things like, let\\u2019s see, if I\\u2019m a loader trying to get my productivity and the selectors aren\\u2019t focused and brings my product up in a timely fashion, I\\u2019ll need to adjust my workflow. Or maybe our maintenance department didn\\u2019t fix our pallet jack and ...'