However, says the report, today’s best-in-class executives are taking this as an opportunity to continue to attack inefficiencies inside the distribution center and identify areas to improve performance to create agility and flexibility and drive value to the bottom line.
Findings in the study say best-in-class companies pick 99.2% of orders accurately, ship 99.3% of orders with accurate items and quantities and saw a year-over-year reduction of more than 3% in labor costs.