Warehouse Lighting is an essential component of every business, but how much do you really pay attention to it?
- Are your lighting levels adequate and do they meet ASHRAE 90.1 and IES requirements and guidelines?
- Are your lights always on?
- Do you overspend due to outdated, high energy fixtures?
- Does your lighting promote the well-being of your employees or does it create a depressing environment?
These are just some of the issues we’ll examine as Jim Chamberlain from Alpine Supply Chain Solutions and Jon Cooper from Helios Energy dive into the topic of warehouse lighting and how to ensure you’re not caught in the dark.
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Jim Chamberlain
Jim Chamberlain
Jim has over 30 years of engineering experience within distribution operations and supply chain logistics. He spent the last 24 years with DSC Logistics where he led engineering teams that provided innovative solutions for Fortune 500 companies within food, tobacco, CPG, electronics, and medical device industries. Jim focuses on lifecycle support to ensure customers receive exceptional value from RFP to start-up, through steady-state and growth. Key areas of focus are layout design, start-up support, innovation, value added services, engineered labor standards, labor management, Continual Improvement (Lean & Six-Sigma), material handling management, and operations excellence.
- Has led over 50 successful labor management implementations that reduced each customer’s variable labor expense by an average of 20+%
- Develops enhancements to WMS on an on-going basis to drive costs out of supply chain for existing and new customers. Examples include Directed Putaway, Directed Replenishment, Accu-Pick, Pick & Load Optimization, Metrics, Voice Pick
- Implements web-based Material Handling Equipment programs that significantly reduced spend by analyzing and acting on intelligence information related to lift trucks, batteries, chargers
- Focuses on best practices within logistics centers to ensure consistent, high performance across entire network regardless of business vertical and consignee special requirements
- Has led team of packaging engineers that focused on low-cost manual and automated product transformation projects that allow customers to differentiate their merchandise within retail stores
Industry Organizations and Associations:
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
- Warehouse Education and Research Council
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
- MTM Association, Board of Directors
- JDA, Warehouse Labor Management Special Interest Group Chair
Jon Cooper, Chief Revenue Officer
Helios Energy
Jon is a 35-year lighting industry expert and serial entrepreneur. He founded his first lighting manufacturing business in 1994 and grew it to over 500 employees with four production facilities. The company was a tier 1 and tier 2 supplier to the automotive industry, serving leaders like Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and GM. Upon the successful sale of his first business, Jon started a second business in 2013. This business designed and manufactured intelligent LED lighting fixtures which were supplied to 1,000+ large scale projects including the Empire State Building, Time Warner Center, FDNY, San Diego Naval Base, Navy Pier, and McCormick Place. Upon the successful sale of his second company, Jon joined Helios Energy as Chief Revenue Officer to assist in building the business by providing mentorship and driving sales opportunities.