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How Array stabilized staffing across WA and SC—extending employee duration, managing attendance, and scaling flex labor in a tight warehouse labor market.
A global logistics provider operating in a margin-sensitive 3PL environment where labor must flex quickly to match fluctuating client volumes.
Array delivered 161,265 hours of labor across the operations, balancing workforce scale, retention, and safety while navigating competitive warehouse labor markets in both Washington and South Carolina.
The result: structured staffing discipline in a highly variable environment.
Hours Delivered
Additional Earnings for Associates
Conversions Across Sites
Customer + Engagement Overview
Customer:
Global Logistics Provider
Industry:
Third-Party Logistics (3PL)
Hours Delivered:
161,265
Locations:
Washington + South Carolina
Contractors Scaled:
400+ annually
Engagement Duration:
10+ Years
The Operational Challenge
Customer must continuously scale labor up or down based on client volume—often with limited notice. Additional constraints emerged:
Challenges by Locations
- Tacoma, WA
Highly competitive warehouse market- 2,414 unique postings for Warehouse Associate roles
- 1,626 competing employers
- $21.17 median advertised pay rate
- Greer, SC
- 236 unique warehouse postings
- 110 competing employers
- $18.03 median advertised pay rate
- Simultaneously, attendance and performance variability required more structured oversight to protect throughput and safety.
Core Constraints
- Variable client demand
- Competitive labor markets
- Attendance volatility
- Safety risk in first 30 days
- Need for structured performance filtering
How Array Structured Workforce Stability
Retention, safety discipline, and market-aware recruiting.
Array’s 2024 focus centered on:
Increasing employee duration
Managing first-month safety exposure
Structured performance oversight
Engagement to improve retention
Tacoma, WA Execution
Employee Duration
Average duration: 498 hours (14 weeks)
4 employees converted to full-time
Associates earned $158,099 more through performance increases
Safety Insight
67% of incidents occurred within the first month
Majority were strains and lacerations
This reinforced the need for structured onboarding discipline.
Greer, SC Execution
Employee Duration
Average duration: 330 hours (10 weeks)
2 employees converted to full-time
$27,244 additional wages earned via performance increases
Assignment Outcomes
71 assignments ended in 2024
Most common positive end reason: Converted/Hired
Most common overall end reason: Performance
Performance filtering and accountability were identified as improvement priorities for 2025
Results Delivered
Flexible scale. Extended tenure. Structured workforce discipline.
Hours Delivered:
161,265
Hours Duration (WA)
498 Avg
Hours Duration (SC)
330 Avg
Conversions Across Sites
6 Full-Time
Additional Earnings for Associates
$185,000+
What This Proves
In margin-sensitive 3PL environments:
Duration drives stability
First-30-day safety discipline is critical
Performance filtering must be structured
Market intelligence shapes recruiting strategy
JAS demonstrates that flexible staffing can scale without surrendering workforce discipline.
How Structured Is Your Flexible Workforce?
Array delivers disciplined flex staffing models that align labor depth, retention, and safety in variable-demand logistics environments.