Comments on: The Common Sense Check

By: Our Improved Inventory Zone System | Adam McFarland

Our Improved Inventory Zone System | Adam McFarland — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:30:17 +0000

[...] So we decided to start over. Today we unveiled our new system, one that should be a marked improvement. Throughout the entire process everyone was involved, particularly our employees who actually do the pulling. I made sure to run everything by the guys in the warehouse at each step of the way to make sure it passed the common sense check. [...]

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:49:29 +0000

Well said Greg. Let me know when you’ll be in town for the holidays. Hopefully we can get together for a beer.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:48:34 +0000

My team’s unofficial motto is “Never Assume, Always Check” to ensure we don’t make these kinds of stupid mistakes when delivering our results to 1,000s of people throughout the country.

These common sense mistakes are usually functions of very minor oversights, but they can kill your credibility with something you spent much much more time behind the scenes getting it right.

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:28:39 +0000

Haha upside-down text. Now that sucks!

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:27:38 +0000

I’m honored

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:27:05 +0000

This applies to so much – I wish our suppliers would take heed, then we’d stop having issues like products manufacturerd with text upside-down (seriously, WTF?), date-critical products shipping outside of the estimates scope and useful lifespan of the product and many other issues besides…

By: Neville

Neville — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:07:21 +0000

I put:

Every time I solve a problem, I think “does this answer make sense?”
-Adam McFarland

…into my quote book!

By: TIm

TIm — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:57 +0000

Good post Adam, it may seem like such an obvious thing, but it is very easy to get caught up with something and forget that we live in the real world.