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    1. Warehousing

    The Warehousing Hall of Shame

    April 21, 2015
    There's no shortage of bad judgment in material handling, but this slideshow offers up some truly shameful worst practices in warehousing.

    Thanks to YouTube, instances of worst practices in warehousing can now be immortalized, sometimes for laughs but more often, as lessons learned in how not to do something. These 10 videos make up a veritable Warehousing Hall of Shame, although we suspect there will be another class of inductees sometime down the road, as there seems to be no end in sight of examples of how to endanger people, ruin products and even wipe out entire buildings through carelessness, haste, or just being cheap.

    Click on the words "this video" in the descriptions of these 10 slides to watch the entire shameful gallery of bad warehousing.

    About the Author

    Dave Blanchard | Senior Director of Content

    During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2021), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its third edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.