All year long, employers diligently fill out OSHA Form 300 to report workplace injuries and illnesses within the allotted time frame. This isn’t enough to comply with OSHA reporting rules, though. Businesses must also complete a few legally required steps before January 1 of every new year. Since we’re right in the thick of reporting season, we thought we’d take… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Forklift Battery Operators: Why Every Warehouse Needs One
Companies that run one or two electric lift trucks generally rely on forklift operators to change batteries. As the fleet begins to grow, however, it starts to make more sense to create a new position at the warehouse: the forklift battery operator, sometimes also called a battery room manager or even a battery changer (note that we reserve that last… Continue Reading
Warehouse Employee Retention Beyond Wages
Warehousing operations often struggle with employee retention. Since August of 2017, separations — quits, terminations, and layoffs — grew by 26,000 jobs in the warehousing industry. During the same period, the quit rate for all industries remained fairly stable, hovering around 2.4 percent. What is it that drives employees to leave warehousing jobs more than positions in other industries? More… Continue Reading
Cable Paralleling and Other Value-Added Services for Electrical Suppliers
What sets your electrical supply operation apart from the big online retailers? The rise of omnichannel retail and mega-e-commerce outlets means electricians can buy their cable, wire, and material handling supplies from pretty much anywhere, often at bargain-basement prices. But, as a dedicated electrical materials supplier, you have something the big companies don’t: expertise. If you can translate that expertise… Continue Reading
E-Commerce Strategies for Electrical Supply Companies
Toward the end of 2018, just 42 percent of U.S. electrical distributors offered their customers an e-commerce experience. That’s according to a surprising study from credit management platform Apruve, which released a report comparing e-commerce in the electrical supply industry. Providers that operate e-commerce sites tended to be larger and more established — again, a surprise, when the narrative of… Continue Reading
