What to Do When Packages Pile Up
- Conducting a motion analysis of sorting and delivering packages
- Purchasing more carts and hand trucks
- Enforcing an existing agreement with suppliers to split deliveries among departments
What can your team do to engage co-workers in a conversation about safety? What else could your team do to identify the next potential injury for employees and patients?
The Largo Medical Center in Maryland gets lots of deliveries. But it doesn’t have a loading dock. Boxes full of office and surgical supplies were crowding hallways and being left outside—even in the snow! The inventory operations unit-based team came together to make sure deliveries are kept safe and secure—and get to their intended recipients quickly and efficiently.
A catchy video on how one team overcame lots of obstacles to make sure packages got delivered quickly and efficiently--instead of piling up outside in the snow.
Supplies and other deliveries are kept safe and secure, delivered quickly and efficiently