How a regional distribution network trained 300 peak-season hires across four facilities without adding training staff.
A regional distribution network operating four facilities brought on roughly 300 seasonal workers each fourth quarter, on top of a WMS workflow update that landed just before peak season began. The two-person training team could only run in-person floor walkthroughs for a fraction of new hires before the surge hit, and facilities that received the walkthrough later than others consistently ran lower pick accuracy in their first two weeks of peak volume.
The team connected Velo to their WMS and onboarding checklist. Every seasonal hire now watches a standardized putaway, pick, and safety orientation video on their first day, identical across all four facilities, before setting foot on the floor. When the WMS workflow updated mid-season, the training lead rendered an updated video and pushed it to every facility's training kiosk the same afternoon.
- Industry
- Regional distribution & fulfillment
- Company size
- Four facilities, ~300 seasonal hires per peak
- Plan
- Velo Ultra, multi-facility rollout
- Primary use case
- Seasonal onboarding & WMS training
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30% faster ramp
Seasonal hires reaching target pick accuracy
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4 facilities, same day
Down from a staggered, in-person rollout
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0 added trainers
To cover a 300-person seasonal surge