Human expertise
I need an expert on the floor.
For operations that need fresh thinking: warehouse optimisation, cost reduction, process improvement, or an experienced pair of eyes to find the opportunities you're too close to see.
Find the right starting point
What are you trying to solve?
Cost, labour and flow
Inbound and the dock
Pick the one that sounds most like your week.
None of these? Start with a 20-minute call and we'll work out which it is.
Operations experience across
AldiLidlBritish AirwaysWHSmithZF AutomotiveHayman'sKimia
Technology
I need software to run the dock.
For warehouses fighting supplier bookings, loading-bay chaos, inbound scheduling, driver check-in and the manual admin that comes with all of it.
How they differ
Two ways to fix the same operation.
PainKiller Consulting
Human expertise
- Site audits One day on your floor, then written findings in 7 working days: every bottleneck, quick win and risk flag, in priority order.
- Cost reduction 17% less overtime at a multi-shift site of 80+ staff. The cause was planning gaps and handover failures between shifts, not real volume.
- Process optimisation 22% higher pick rate at a retail fulfilment site on the same headcount, once slotting and travel distance were put right.
- Inbound flow 28% faster goods-in to shelf at a high-throughput FMCG operation, within six weeks of redesigning the intake handoffs.
- Warehouse transformation A 90-day programme, two or three days a week embedded on site. Findings get implemented rather than filed.
- Zero-risk guarantee If the audit doesn't identify savings worth more than its fee, the second instalment is waived. You keep the report either way.
DockSync
Technology
- Supplier self-booking Suppliers choose their own slot against live bay capacity. The phone stops ringing and the booking spreadsheet disappears.
- Dock scheduling Every bay, every shift, planned on one screen before the day starts, so goods-in knows what's coming and when.
- Live bay visibility See what's on each bay as it happens instead of in tomorrow's report. Reallocate before a queue forms in the yard.
- QR driver check-in Drivers check themselves in on arrival. The yard knows who's on site without a clipboard, and every arrival time is logged automatically.
- Automated reminders Slot confirmations and reminders go out without anyone chasing them, which is what brings no-shows and late arrivals down.
- Performance reporting Turnaround, on-time arrivals and no-shows measured per supplier. Evidence for the conversations you're currently having from memory.
Many operations use both. PainKiller Consulting improves the operation. DockSync helps sustain those improvements, every shift and every day.
Client results anonymised. Sector, site size and context available on request.
15 years on the inside, not watching from a meeting room. Sam ran an Aldi regional distribution centre through Covid, delivering to 110 supermarkets, 16 hours a day. Then led project work across 14 Lidl regional distribution centres.
Still weighing it up
Not sure which is right?
Start with a conversation. Twenty minutes on your operation, what isn't working, and which of these actually fits. We'll tell you if it's neither.
Book a free callNo pitch, no obligation. PainKiller doesn't resell software or earn referral fees, including for DockSync. If the right answer is something you can fix in-house, that's what you'll be told.