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Marty discusses the importance of understanding the broader context of warehouse operations for career growth.

Welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career. I’m Marty and today I want to talk about something a listener brought up recently. They asked me, “Why don’t you just stick to explaining warehouse positions instead of all the other stuff that doesn’t make us more money?” Well, I guess that is a fair question. As We’ve discussed many times, and I believe this is more than just my opinion. Here’s the thing about warehousing, transportation, distribution, manufacturing, and the whole supply chain. Nothing stands alone. Every movement touches another movement. Every position affects another position. Every delay or error cost somebody time. And in my experience, every shortcut creates a problem somewhere else. And, not only do I believe, but I think I can show that the people who grow the farthest in this industry are usually the people who understand more than just their own task. That’s why we talk about everything, and why I try and get as many questions answered as possible. We can all learn something from all the experiences shared. On another note, kind of keeping with the theme of the day, I had a long time mentor, just this week say that the associate who learns the…

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