Count
n. The tally of the total number of CASES THROWN by each MAN on NIGHT CREW: “How's your count?”NOTE: High Count is good; low Count, bad—right? Well, it's not that simple. Your Count depends in large part on what you're THROWING.
Consider: if it's 12-pack CASES of soda pop, your Count ratchets up fast, because every time you plonk another one down, Ka-ching! One more gets added to your Count.
However, if it's cat food or BOXED gelatin, your Count suffers, because things like that are small. Also, their HOLES on the SHELF are narrow, deep and closely packed. Plus, for some ITEMS you may have to do something such as shmush each plastic package of brown sugar to flatten it, or otherwise manipulate and/or orient each individual unit to ensure it sits FACE-FORWARD.
So, while a CREW CHIEF may try to even things out by the judicious choice of which PALLETS and RUNNERS of LOAD he assigns, Count remains only the very roughest measure of PRODUCTIVITY.
Thing is—it's easy, and there's nothing else much better.
Consider: if it's 12-pack CASES of soda pop, your Count ratchets up fast, because every time you plonk another one down, Ka-ching! One more gets added to your Count.
However, if it's cat food or BOXED gelatin, your Count suffers, because things like that are small. Also, their HOLES on the SHELF are narrow, deep and closely packed. Plus, for some ITEMS you may have to do something such as shmush each plastic package of brown sugar to flatten it, or otherwise manipulate and/or orient each individual unit to ensure it sits FACE-FORWARD.
So, while a CREW CHIEF may try to even things out by the judicious choice of which PALLETS and RUNNERS of LOAD he assigns, Count remains only the very roughest measure of PRODUCTIVITY.
Thing is—it's easy, and there's nothing else much better.
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