Tag: Materials Handling
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Origin Story – 14
I think there might have already been racks at Guerrero – I’m pretty sure there were. We set up racks and they came from somewhere – I think from stacks of uprights and beams under the overhang that had been left behind by Guerrero Produce. I think this is around when Sam Degelia started helping us out…
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Origin Story – 13
One peak season at Gibson was sufficient. In the Spring of 2002, Scott Flack and Steve Mattingly helped us find our next home – we had a better sense of what we were looking for than we had the prior year. This time we knew that we needed a standard dock. We needed clear height suitable for racks. We…
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Origin Story – 11
We quickly learned that Sharpied order numbers paired with manual keystrokes was not a secure approach. What to do? Well, M.O.M.’s default packing slip format was a perforated sheet – the top half was a packing slip and the bottom half had two labels you could print on and peel – allowing for billing and shipping address…
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Origin Story – 4
I was dating Morgan at the time I got my first Materials Handling catalog from Global Industrial. Sometimes I’d be like, “oh, uh, I might should go water the plant,” and would sneak away to look at the catalog. I’m pretty sure Morgan knew that I didn’t keep any plants; the only thing I was growing was…
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Origin Story – 3
Of all of us on day one, I brought the operational experience to Amplifier. You see, after my freshman year of college, I had spent the summer working at Hydraulic Supply Company in South Florida [the location off the Sawgrass Expressway]. I specialized in packing hoses, pumps, fittings, and other hydraulic supplies. When it came time to make…
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