Warehouse Management with no ERP, Inventory System, Yard System, or a computer?
Hi all,
I started a job last week as a Warehouse Manager for a pallet/bulk containers company.
I've been able to wrangle the laborers and clean the place up considerably. The place was a mess. Clearly had not been swept in months. There were dead rats in various states of decay throughout the warehouse, including some fresh bloated ones. But the laborers are receptive to leadership thankfully and are willing to work hard.
However, it's currently a total shit show here on the admin side. All communication is done through an iMessage group chat. They do not use email. I receive my orders for the day on a loose leaf sheet of paper that the front desk writes on in sharpie, then scans/prints multiple copies to distribute.
My initial thought was to get on Excel and literally make a simple inventory and yard management system. I could make this sharable to the whole company so we'd all have visibility, audit trails, electronic tracking.... I could do that in like an hour. But they do not allow me to have a computer. The front office tried making a paper inventory tally sheet for me to fill out every day but they missed a lot of products that we carry.
I'm in a spot where I can't create a KPI, track inventory, write an SOP, create a warehouse diagram, make forms for the warehouse team, or even research something. My best idea is to buy a fuckin composition notebook and track things that way. I feel like I got teleported back to the 70's.
Their last warehouse manager lasted only a month and I'm thinking I should run for the hills too.
Have any of you been in a similar situation before?
update: ended up resigning today.