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Best Practices & Guides

Looking to elevate your distribution center’s performance? Our Best Practices & Guides offer practical insights and proven strategies to optimize your operations. Start with the Manager’s Guide - your essential roadmap for selecting the right metrics, analyzing performance, and communicating results. Pair it with the Best Practices Guide, a workbook to rank your operations against industry standards. Together, these resources provide a comprehensive toolkit to take your distribution game to the next level and complement WERC’s DC Measures Report.


WERC’s Benchmarking and Best Practices Guide

WERC's benchmarking and best practices guide is the only comprehensive tool for benchmarking warehouse operations against a proven set of industry standards. It is a powerful, efficient and cost-effective way to assess the caliber of your operations and set a course for improvement.

  • Easy-to-follow instructions for benchmarking your internal operational practices, validated by more than 100 auditor site visits and certifications
  • Detailed lists of key qualitative benchmarks across eight functional areas, including:
    • Receiving and Inspection
    • Material Handling & Put-Away
    • Slotting
    • Storage & Inventory Control
    • Picking & Packing
    • Load Consolidation & Shipping
    • Shipment Documentation
    • Warehouse Management System (WMS)
  • A comprehensive guide to current best-in-class warehousing practices, along with steps to craft your own practice improvement roadmap
  • Worksheets identifying specific key performance indicators (KPIs) for practice functions based on WERC's DC Measures Study, and instructions for dealing with exceptions in your specific operation.
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$110 ($55 members)

Publisher: WERC

Soft-cover book

Shipped to your address


Warehousing Fulfillment Process Benchmark Best Practices

Explains qualitative warehousing best practices. It can be used as a workbook to rank your operations against industry standards in eight specific process areas using a quintile format similar to DC Measures. Use it to complete your overall performance improvement program for maximum benefit.

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3-ring binder: 99 pages

This product will be mailed to the shipping address you provide

Cost $300 ($150 members)


Warehouse Manager’s Guide to Benchmarking

WERC's Manager's Guide to Benchmarking is a practical resource designed to help warehouse and distribution managers assess and improve their operations. It provides vital insights and data-driven benchmarks from industry leaders, allowing you to compare your performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement best practices. Whether aiming to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, or boost productivity, this guide is your go-to tool for achieving excellence in your operations.

This guide includes information on:

  • Benchmarking Basics
  • Getting Started
  • Seven Steps to Successful Benchmarking
  • Worksheets
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Soft-cover book: 63 pages

This product will be mailed to the shipping address you provide

Cost: $300 ($150 WERC Members)