Observation 7

On tuesday 13, 2010 I went into kode trying to get a new perspective of things, i have decided to view more what goes on in the warehouse due to the same routine that goes on in the front of the office on a daily basis. I wanted to learn how important it was to get the merchandise of on time how hard they worked, how they measured, and how 2 people could do all this work in such a quick time as I have witness in previous occasions. I started by asking eddie, who is not really the boss but the one more experienced in the warehouse how he puts boxes in to the container because I noticed some times they go in pallets and some times they just take 1 at a time at a fast pace like if it was a race. He answered it depends on the size of the boxs and if they stack up perfectly to fit tight from the bottom to the top and from left to right, we can stack em turned or upright so they fit right. We also decide what merchandise goes first by measuring them and already knowing how much space is in a container because of experience. He also said depending on the size of the container and the time it leaves will explain the pace that they go at, there are small, medium, and large containers. Normally the large leave late at night and they have more time to do they take about an average of 5-6 hours to fill, while small may only take 2 hours and medium somewhere in between. The containers also depend if there pallets or not, normally he also stated that if there is a lot of merchandise and the container is trying to be completely filled pallets would be left out and manual labor will have to be done.