IFDA Learning Exchanges
June 24-25, 2024
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, LA
Topics
While agendas change from meeting to meeting according to what’s top-of-mind for participants, below are examples of what participants have discussed at previous Learning Exchange meetings.
Finance
- Grappling with near-and long-term inflation
- Pay structure and incentives
- Business Intelligence uses and integrations
- Top financial KPIs for executive dashboards
- Effective forecasting tools
- Vendor fee collection processes and software
- Accounts receivable/payable automation solutions
- Tackling aged accounts
HR
- Creative ways to handle driver shortages
- Motivating warehouse employees
- Addressing absenteeism
- Creative scheduling – eliminate night shift, longer or shorter shifts, etc.
- Pre-employment screening practices
- Recruiting Gen Z
- Creative benefits to boost retention
IT
- Use of Artificial Intelligence
- IT security for remote employees
- Cybersecurity
- Warehouse robotics and automation
- Cloud-based vs onsite data storage
- ERP upgrades and integration
- On-truck technology
- Choosing and installing new technology
Operations
- Building expansion lessons learned
- Slotting processes and best practices
- Proper temperature and product separation on routes
- Solutions for reducing picking errors
- Order tracking
- DOT audits