Why do qualified engineers and outstanding graduates struggle to get hired? Drawing on experiences as an engineer, consultant, and professor, I describe how HR gatekeepers sometimes reject promising candidates before the people who could actually hire them ever get to talk to them.
Many warehouse improvement efforts start in the wrong place. Instead of defining the actual problem, companies often jump straight to automation tools and end up treating symptoms rather than causes. This article explains why structured problem solving, root-cause thinking, and a clearer distinction between data, information, decisions, and interventions matter so much in warehouse operations.
Seit ca. 10 Jahren ist Online Grocery eines meiner Hauptthemen. Anfangs fristete die Branche noch ein Nischen-Dasein; man hatte davon gehört, vielleicht mal einen Artikel gelesen, aber die wenigsten hatten…
Management Summary Additive Manufacturing (AM), often referred to as 3D printing, has long been hyped as a revolutionary technology in manufacturing. But I claim its transformative potential in spare parts…
One of the earliest texts I published here dates back to 2019 and is titled The Risk of Large Projects. In it, I argued that large-scale automation projects are inherently…
This article is about the broken business model of robotic piece picking companies. If you are looking for the broken business model of Q-commerce companies, please read this article or…
Warehouse automation has been around for many decades. It is a complex and expansive industry that has, in recent years (specifically the last five to ten), been characterized by a…
Some time ago, I published a text entitled “Remote Work and the Underrated Concept of Organizational Culture”. The point of the article was what the title suggests: I wanted to…
In einigen Bereichen der Logistik gibt es bestimmte Instrumente und Praktiken, die in anderen Bereichen praktisch unbekannt sind. Audits sind ein Beispiel dafür. Im Lieferantenmanagement ist die Durchführung von Lieferantenaudits…
I recently published an article in which I stated that high inventory levels are the most common problem in warehouses. Inventory levels are determined in part by SKU count, the…
