More people don't always solve process problems We had a rough stretch last spring. Inventory adjustments hitting four or five times a week, a variance rate sitting somewhere around 3.2% on our fast-moving slots, and every post-mortem landing on the same diagnosis: not enough bodies on the floor. We put in the hours. We hired a temp crew. We counted harder. The variances barely moved. It took a blunt conversation with one of our leads — someone who'd been counting that buildi

Here is a scenario that plays out constantly: the ERP says you have 240 units of a SKU on hand. The WMS says 218. Someone just did a quick count in the aisle and came back with 203. Now three systems disagree, a customer order is on hold, and everyone is pointing at a different screen. This is not a technology failure. It's a clarity failure. These three systems are not interchangeable, and they were never meant to be. Your ERP — SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, whatever you're running