If u have a slip sheet dont have to take the time to wrap at all in my warehouse we have dairy deli produce meat eggs nd flowers also we have to shroud which makes it slippery the slip sheet helps
At my distribution center loblaws in dairy the orange juices I put upside down makes for flat top and if up put inside down up right-side up next to each other u can fit more
@@TheWarehouseSeries of course. The warehouse is refrigeration. It's my first warehouse job so I'm nervous and excited at the same time. Not a lot girls there. The pay and benefits is the best I've had in years.
The cardboard collectors started happening at my work too 😂 1 guy started it then everyone’ started doing it but it stopped cuz the guy who started it quit …
Sometimes we have no choice about the cardboard. For whatever reason Food Lion requires there to be cardboard in between different products on their pallets or we get fined like $250 per pallet. So I've had picker pallets go out that had like 10 layers of cardboard on them because they were 10 different products on that pallet. Food Lion is nuts.
@@TheWarehouseSeries it gets better. I'm sure you've dealt with a product called topo Chico, which is like mineral water. It comes from the manufacturer on brown block pallets. Food Lion insists that we send it to them on grade A pallets. So we have to push every single pallet of topo Chico on to either the blue pallets or the grade A pallets or once again it's a $250 fine per pallet. Thankfully I recently switched to night picking so I don't have to deal with that anymore but it was crazy.
Hey Tim, I'm 18 and for the past 6 months I have been working in the Dry Warehouse of a Major Distribution Centre here in Australia and everything you have said in these Case Picker videos is spot on and has helped me become a faster picker and build better pallets, thanks a lot and keep up the good work.
@@TheWarehouseSeries Hey Tim Just curious but what are your standard pallet dimensions where you are as in Australia the pallets are 1165mm x 1165mm or roughly 46 inches sq because when we stack the pallet you barely want to be outside the dimensions of the pallet as there is little wiggle room when they are loaded onto the truck side by side
@@curtisthomson4390 honestly I have no idea. We go by cube. Our pallet cube have changed over the years, it was 70 cube now we are 64 cube. 64 cube is around 6.5 ft high
@@TheWarehouseSeries yeah that sounds about right if we get a 2 pallet order that’s 3.7 Cubic Metres, that is 2 Full Pallets 6-7 feet high! And I believe it is the same thing all around the world a few years ago they shortened the times for each assignment and made the Orders Larger/Higher to take up as much room as possible on the trucks to cut down on costs.
@@curtisthomson4390 I'm at work now and I was telling guys it's interesting to hear people talk all over the world about their warehouse and it sounds as if they're my coworker
Our place mandates slip sheets bc the selectors stacked so bad in the past. I’m anti slip sheet, when I first got on, the trainer keep putting slip sheets in my order as we walked and I would always give them the most eat shit and die look, but they knew I did this b4 so they ain’t 4uck with me after. But yeah, slip sheets hold u back. The only exception is whole orders of ocean spray juice or 100 + little Raman or little dole fruit pack boxes
It's 1:00am am I am still looking and learning threw your videos.. I just started my job and they automatically placed us in the hardest part (produce/perishable/dairy) and you are saying the exact same thing my trainer is saying about building so this is very useful
Thank you so much for this. Im going into my 3rd week and I’ll be without a trainer so I want to get the most advice possible before doing it by myself 🙏
The only type of build a layer of cardboard is good for is stacking eggs. Not every layer needs it, but it least it one or two in a full pallet especially if it’s a chipped wood pallet on the end.
I’ve been selecting for 4 years and I have to disagree on the cardboard part. I only use cardboard if I have to and don’t depend on it every order. Just like you said, if you’re searching for cardboard in the middle of your order then you have ways to go as a stacker. Cardboard for me is a cheat code. I’m 6’2, when my stack is chest high I throw my slip sheet on top for a more stable pallet, and it eliminates stopping and wrapping. My stacking is 2nd to none, but it’s still good to have a couple on your jack. Im a runner so it helps with minimizing downtime to stop and wrap. It takes 5 seconds to find cardboard and 2 seconds to put it on but it takes 3 minutes to stop and wrap and start back picking. If you take time stacking then yeah I agree with you, stacking should be A1. If there’s a gap under the cardboard, there’s gonna be a case you’re gonna pick to put in that gap sooner or later. Shouldn’t apply for heavy hitters. A stable pallet is key!
@@TheWarehouseSeries I agree with you 1,000%. I seen this one guy who used one every layer. Little did he know, we were in the dairy section where all the cases matched. He just had to lock his cases up but he walked two aisle down to look for cardboard and used it every layer. I’m making 28/hr right now which is top dollar and I don’t have the time to stop and train. Blowing right past him shaking my head everytime.
I’ve been selecting since 2017 and I’ve worked for 2 companies, HEB and now Ben e keith and holy shit man two totally different animals, heb is like allllll going to one place so you can put anything where ever you want but at Ben e keith we select pallets with up to 18 different customers so you have to “zone” it and separate it and that goes from meat allll the way to berries and candy and what not bags too and having to column stacking is a biiiitch but shit you get paid by the case soooo screw it and say fuck the driver sometimes Lmfao
The reason why alot of guys use cardboard is it helps. Like that banana pallet with the potatoes would be a perfect chance to use the cardboard. I dont go crazy with it an i definitely wont be searching for any lol. But if its around why not.
If u ever have to stop and wrap, u might as well wrap from the bottom up. At the end of the order we have to wrap, and in the unlikely case I have to wrap mid order I take the extra 10 seconds to wrap what's on the pallet. U will get that 10 seconds back next order
Dude you are the most helpful person I have watched I I'm 4o and just got started selecting again after 11 years and I I'm struggling you should do a video on barriers that is the one I I'm having problems with
I am having such a hard time figuring out which boxes go where after I have my base waist high. I know to start with the corners and work in but I get lost
I’m scared that I’m not gonna be able to keep my job because I have no experience and I’m at the fastest paced warehouse in my area, meaning the rate is very high and time is low. I didn’t know this when I signed up.
@@TheWarehouseSeries I’ve been on the floor for 2 days but they’re so busy with orders that they want me to start doing it on my own today without a trainer. It’s definitely manageable but it’s the stacking that I really struggle with. My pallets look really bad and it goes from cans, flour, and soda packs to the bigger items. I think I have 90 days to make my 100% though.
@@champagnelake It's overwhelming your first week especially when they already take your trainer away. If you can take pics of your pallets I would help as much as possible. Remember to learn how to establish a base first. Not sure how many of my videos you seen but watch my videos of me selecting. I say why I do what I do. My video that comes out today is me selecting cans/juice etc.
@@champagnelakehow is progress going? I just started a few weeks ago and I was suppose to have 2 weeks of training but they only gave me 1 week. My biggest problem is I am losing a lot of time somewhere when I'm building pallets and I dont know why. Orders that should take 30 minutes take me an hour. And orders that should take an hour take me 1 hour 30 or 2 or 3 hours
Honestly all my videos are to help you stack faster and better. When it comes to blocks I do have a few videos pertaining to that. What kind of warehouse are you at?
@@davidmaldonado5116 are you allowed to take pics when done with work? If you are you can leave them on Discord and I can put them on video to help you
What do the fastest guys in your warehouse do? Use cardboard or go raw? At mine it's almost all cardboard. There's only a handful of people who don't use slipsheets and they almost all cheat by shorting cases that would ruin their trip. Those who don't also tend to have the worst looking stacks. There are people who can do it, and theirs looks fine, but they aren't very quick. I personally use them as little as possible, but they were implemented for a reason: to avoid using a pallet.
@@TheWarehouseSeries Wow, that's definitely a different type of job. I only select unfortunately. The lift position right now just gets hosed and their production is impossible to really hit since most of the moves are forced and sometimes they can't even find the pallet. It used to be the other way around. Some lift drivers hitting 300% production numbers. Now they are lucky if they hit 100%. But thanks for the response.
@@yodambomb4974 yeah he hasn’t posted a vid in a long time. I wouldn’t be surprised. It’s interesting seeing other pickers doing their thing in other warehouses though.