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Is your warehouse or distribution center prepared to meet global supply chain challenges? In this blog, we take a look at how voice can help you stay agile and responsive to supply chain issues that are out of your control.

So you’ve implemented a new voice solution in your warehouse or distribution center and are looking forward to the savings it will provide. But what do you do now to take full advantage of it and make sure your investment pays off to the fullest?

We sat down with our in-house return on investment (ROI) experts, Doug Hopper and Duane Hoff, to learn more about the ins and outs of ROI. With their combined 55 years of experience, Doug and Duane know exactly what it takes to create a successful new solution that pays for itself.

We hear it over and over again – supply chain leaders have had to stay on their feet throughout these last few years of market disruption. Under pressure and facing uncertainty, it may be easy to put off big projects out of fear of losing the time and resources you need for day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, sticking to the status quo may be your most risky and expensive option in the long-run.

When you start working with Mountain Leverage to implement or support your voice system, we are committed to keeping your system and crew operating at peak performance. That’s why, in addition to the expert services of our 24/7 support team, we offer on-site health checks.

So you’ve just realized that your warehouse or distribution center is missing voice accessories or equipment that your employees need to achieve their highest productivity. You could submit a purchase order, wait for a quote, and then hope that everything arrives in the next few weeks…. or, you could order from the Mountain Leverage Store and enjoy the following benefits:

How are you arming yourself not just to survive the unexpected, but to grow your business throughout it?

With labor shortages plaguing businesses left and right, are you prepared to keep your warehouse or distribution center running at peak performance?

In a busy distribution or fulfillment center, time is money. Every fraction of a second you can shave off of completing an order saves your organization money by improving labor efficiency and customer satisfaction. If your workers need to scan during their picking process, they probably consume valuable seconds per pick trying to get close enough to the barcode to scan it fully.

What sets Mountain Leverage Hands-Free, Eyes-Free™ voice solutions apart from the voice technology you might already be familiar with, like Siri, Cortana, and Alexa?

“My priority is making sure you’re utilizing your products and services to the fullest extent and getting the absolute best value out of working with us,” Jaime says.

Recently, a security researcher identified a number of major software vulnerabilities with the potential to cause serious harm to VMware users. Knowing our customers and partners rely on many programs and systems, the Mountain Leverage technical support team is here to help answer your data security questions.

If you’re considering implementing voice technology in your warehouse, you might be wondering how difficult it is for workers to make the switch. This makes perfect sense, as lost productivity from a new system hurts the bottom line and pushes back the return on investment. Fortunately, Mountain Leverage voice solutions offer three significant advantages over both traditional picking methods and other voice providers.

Automated. User-friendly. Efficient. These are probably just a few of the buzzwords you’ve heard floating around about robotics. 

    Earlier in the year, many pundits talked about a steep decline in retail eComm activity following the massive growth during the pandemic years. But that isn’t what’s happening now.  The headline: Online retail sales growth may have slowed…

Let’s get straight to the point: warehouse and distribution center safety is extremely important because unsafe work environments slow down operations, create labor issues, and hit the bottom line directly.

Fuel prices go up and down all the time, sure. But with diesel well on its way to six dollars per gallon or more, businesses everywhere are facing unprecedented costs. Along with rising inflation and difficulty sourcing goods from around the world, everyone is looking for ways to cut costs. Where to start?

With Memorial Day just around the corner, we sat down with veteran and Mountain Leverage Founder and CEO Alex Reneman to hear his reflections on the holiday, how his upbringing shaped the direction of our company, and the impact of his service on our core values. To Alex, Memorial Day is all about honoring sacrifice; something he strives for in every aspect of life. 

In a recent project with a pool supply company, Mountain Leverage addressed the challenge of making sure WMS data remains accurate while keeping put away and replenishment processes as quick and efficient as possible.

Nobody wants to start their day with a call from IT, but not getting a call at all and finding out there’s a server problem impacting workflow is even worse. Having your server close to home is helpful for many reasons, but it can sometimes be a hassle as well. What should you do when you get that dreaded call from IT, or when something breaks?

Between rising inflation, labor shortages, and the inability of production to keep up with commodity demand, it can feel like a terrible time to be in an industry that relies heavily on the global supply chain. What can the pandemic and Russo-Ukrainian War tell us about where the supply chain is headed and more importantly, how can we be prepared to rise to the challenge?

Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and other personal voice assistants are mainstays of daily life. How can you indirectly leverage this to the benefit of your warehouse or distribution center?

If employee attrition is high, maybe the question to ask isn’t, “Why does no one want to work here?” A better question to ask in today’s challenged labor market is, “What can I do differently to attract and retain new workers?”

When a pool supply company had just eight weeks in a summer to make enough revenue to last the rest of the year, but they couldn’t find qualified employees to make it happen in their warehouses, they pushed their search for workers further and wider and came across an increasing population of willing workers who don’t speak English.