It took the "collective" efforts (which caused 95% of the problems) of about 20 people to do an inventory of a small warehouse in about a 1.5 month period working 10-12 hour days factoring in several restarts.
The head of the inventory unit was flown in to straighten things out and he went a long way towards it.
However I am still finding very basic problems that are lingering from that great collective effort. I have a certificate in basic accounting, some common sense, willingness to bother to read, and the ability to do a little physical work.
From the beginning I said and was backed up by the other few competent people that one small group of the best in the facility armed with laptops and wireless scanners have stations set up for everything to run through. All items then should be compared against the master list and any problem children be held back for further examination.
Instead it was deemed better to arm everyone with notepads and pens to write down everything for later comparison. Never mind that most of them had no idea what they were looking at or really even doing.
Why do things right in one or two attempts when you can do it over again and again halfway?
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