Warehouse Practices: How Do Yours Measure Up?
“[It will] provide a different perspective and better insight into their operations,” Westervelt says. “Large and small publishers can learn from each other. They can see what’s actually happening ‘out there’ and help produce change.”
There are certain parameters pretty much common to publishers of any size, he adds, such as: “pick rates, management span of control, issues with software, advantages of picking to light or picking with voice, handling equipment, etc.”
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.