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Our team is constantly looking for ways to
help our members grow their businesses
while eliminating pain points. Wanting
to reduce the amount of labor and travel
expenses involved in Retail Performance
projects, team members from Sales and
Logistics collaborated on a system that
has already saved Do it Best and our
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members approximately $14,000 and has
greatly reduced the time needed to sort
items for planograms.
“Todd Harris, Tim Miller, Jim Reininger and I met with Renee Coffman from TAL Holdings, a Do it Best LBM member in Oregon,”
said National Logistics Manager Steve Rose. “She shared with us about the difficulties of sorting thousands of items into individual
planograms for new stores. So we created a way to use our existing systems to organize planograms into zones by store aisle.”

They tested this approach with Miller Lumber in La Grande, Oregon who was placing a large order, four trucks with $600,000 in
inventory. Our Sales team combined the planograms they needed into individual zones and designated which of the four trucks they
should be loaded on.
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Our Logistics team then systematically released the orders to our Woodburn warehouse over a series of days. In Woodburn, they filled
and palletized the planograms by zone and marked the pallets and shipped them according to the plan. With a successful execution,
this helped cut the project time in half, saving time and money.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY BINGO!

One of the great aspects about working at Do it Best The Mesquite warehouse created a
is the many opportunities our team has to support fun way to keep safety top of mind
initiatives that help our communities grow and thrive. Since Northeast while having a little bit of friendly competition. Team
Indiana is known for its many rivers, Do it Best recently sponsored a members were given a bingo card with safety phrases,
paddle in the Friends of the Rivers Paddles Aweigh fundraiser. This and a different phase
artistic endeavor invites companies to commission a one-of-a kind was drawn each day.
designed and personalized canoe paddle. Proceeds from the event will The initial winners
help fund educational tours for students about the historic, aesthetic, won smaller prizes by
ecological, and economic value of Fort Wayne rivers. completing an X on
their board. Then the
Graphic Designers Andy Garringer and Mike Wilder created the stakes were raised
paddle on behalf of Do it Best. “We were asked to come up with a for whoever was able
design that reflects our company so we integrated items you might was to cover their
find in a hardware store,” said Mike. “We used washers to simulate fish entire board first.
scales, wire for the fishing line, a washer and bolt for the eyes, a dowel Jackie Delgadillo
rod to help make the fishing bobber, and finishing nails to fashion the won the game and
fins of the fish.”
took home a power
The title of the paddle is "The One That Got Away", and the unveiling washer. “Games
of all the paddle designs will take place on September 29 at the new like this continually
Promenade Park in downtown Fort Wayne. After the public paddle remind our team
reveal, they will be displayed in public spaces, such as the Museum of about the importance
Art, Artlink, Allen County Public Library and the Grand Wayne Center of safety and help
through the end of bring forward
2019. Following the questions people
public display, Andy may have about our
and Mike’s masterpiece expectations,” said
paddle will come back to Department Manager
Do it Best for display! Kevin Avenall.

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