Designing Efficient Yards And Door Shops For Speed, Safety, And Growth: Scott Morrison, Do it Best скачать в хорошем качестве

Designing Efficient Yards And Door Shops For Speed, Safety, And Growth: Scott Morrison, Do it Best

What if doubling your speed didn’t require a new machine, just fewer steps? We sat down on site at the Do it Best Fall Market with Scott Morrison to unpack how simple, evidence‑based changes turn door shops, warehouses, and lumberyards into faster, safer, and more profitable operations. Scott walks us through his on‑site approach: capture the current state with brutal honesty, map the “dance steps” between machines, and target non‑value‑added motion that steals hours. From a door shop operator walking 20 to 30 steps for inserts to forklifts hunting for staging space, distance is the hidden tax. When you cut travel time in half, it's as if you've doubled your speed. Scott shares a zone picking case where a member saved 90 minutes per day, eliminated overtime, and rolled first‑out loads by 6:30 to 7:00 a.m., a competitive edge contractors feel on the jobsite. We also dig into smart layout under real constraints. Ordinances and retention basins shrank a client's “plenty big” plan to 45,000 square feet. By specifying door widths, aisle design, and clear beam locations, Scott fit current needs and protected 50% growth without new construction. On the LBM side, centralizing staging cut travel by about half. The throughline is disciplined iteration with a cross‑functional team: one quarterback for communication, voices from operations, sales, and the floor, and a willingness to reject the first draft. Technology, like a warehouse management system, adds leverage only after the flow is fixed. It's painful for two weeks, indispensable two weeks later. If you want earlier trucks, fewer headaches, and a culture that hunts waste daily, start by mapping what is true right now. Then remove distance, balance work with real sales data, and design your aisles for where you’ll be in five years. Topics we covered: • Mapping current state to expose waste • Cutting non‑value‑added motion between machines • Zone picking design and balancing by sales history • Saving 90 minutes per day and reducing overtime • Preloading trucks for first‑out morning deliveries • Building cross‑functional teams with a single quarterback • Iterating future states and breaking old paradigms • Planning layouts for 50% growth without new buildings • Centralizing staging to halve travel • When to pair layout changes with WMS LBM Member Operations Form: Sign up for your complimentary 60 minute meeting to discuss your yard's current state and future wants. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... Ready to turn visibility into growth? Head to gritblueprint.com to learn more and book a call to talk about your growth strategy. 🎥 Watch More Grit Blueprint Episodes Subscribe here:    / @stefaniecouch   📧 Join the Newsletter Real talk, strategies, and tools from Stefanie: https://app.gritinnovations.com/newsl... 📅 Book a Strategy Call Ready to grow your brand or business? Let’s talk: https://calendly.com/stefaniecouch/gr... 🚀 About Stefanie Couch & Grit Blueprint Stefanie is the founder of Grit Blueprint — a marketing + AI consulting firm helping legacy businesses in construction, building materials, and real estate grow with smart strategy, automation, and bold branding. 🔗 Learn more: GritBlueprint.com Instagram: @StefanieCouchOfficial LinkedIn: Stefanie Couch