Lucas Systems resources

Say goodbye to long travel distances and hello to improved productivity with our guide to reducing warehouse travel.

Download our e-book to learn the four critical elements warehouse and DC operators need as part of their strategic plan to capture and retain the warehouse workforce of the future.

In this white paper, we explore each of these topics and deliver strategies employers can implement to build these learnings into actions to attract, retain and engage on-floor warehouse workers.

Simplifying and streamlining processes makes work better for workers, “and that’s better for the business.”

Many top-performing DCs have maxed out their productivity gains and travel savings through process design and optimization, and given today's changing market factors, most facilities are looking for other ways to eliminate travel that don’t require fixed, inflexible automation systems.

The majority of DCs do not use engineered standards to plan, manage and optimize their operations today; machine learning tools can fill this void without adding new burdens on management and engineering teams.

Lucas System's Optimization Suite allowed Baptist to keep their system of record intact, improved accuracy and productivity, and made work more efficient for all staff.

This guide provides a framework for evaluating voice picking systems for use in warehouses and distribution centers.

Many distribution centers (DC) realize 40 percent productivity gains using voice in their picking processes, while others see improvements of 10 percent or less; this gap represents hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential labor cost savings. These variations show that the value of voice depends on factors beyond the technology itself.

With rising demand and shipping volumes, Rotary overhauled its fulfillment systems and processes to continue to meet their customers’ next-day delivery demands.

How to choose among rugged smartphones, wearables, and warehouse bricks and guns.

Ace Endico selects Lucas Systems' warehouse applications to manage their business.

The significant increase in direct-to-consumer shipments has negatively impacted warehouse labor efficiency and throughput. This report examines warehouse management strategies to help address these impacts.

Growing sales, more e-commerce orders, and an increasingly tight labor market are spurring business investment at distribution centers large and small; software investments lead the way, while some operators are building all-new DCs or investing in material handling automation.