There’s a persistent myth that safety and productivity pull in opposite directions, that every guard, protocol, or ergonomic fix is a tax on throughput. In practice, the opposite tends to be true. The facilities that run safest usually run smoothest.
That’s the conversation we’re bringing to the Texas Warehousing Forum on October 22nd.
Posted in ESOP & Company News|
In this edition of the Employee Spotlight, we sit down with Alfredo Arpero, a Project Manager based out of our Dallas office.
We talked with him about how he got here, what the job actually looks like day-to-day, and why being an owner at Cisco-Eagle means something more than a line on a retirement statement.
Posted in ESOP & Company News|
There’s a demographic shift moving through industrial floors right now, and most operations are feeling it before they’ve named it. Experienced employees are staying on the job longer. And the pipeline of new hires coming in behind them isn’t keeping pace.
The takeaway is simple: you’re leaning on your most experienced workers more than you used to, and that’s likely to stay true for a while. The good news is that keeping those people healthy, comfortable, and productive is largely a design problem, and design problems have solutions.
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Last year, we ran our first customer survey and asked a simple question about your biggest operational challenge. The answers were sharp enough that we made it an annual habit. This is the second year, and this time we asked what you’re prioritizing for 2026, what gave you the most grief in 2025, and what hurdle you see coming.
Three questions, three different lists. The interesting part isn’t any single answer, but how little the lists overlap. What you want to work on, what’s hurting you, and what’s standing in your way are three separate conversations. Here’s what you told us in each.
Posted in Industry Insights|
In this edition of the Employee Spotlight, we talk with Tina Brooks, newly promoted Director of Inside Sales.
We caught up with Tina to discuss her unexpected path to Cisco-Eagle, what it means to lead a team she wants to think of itself as a resource, and why this place still feels like home after all these years.
Posted in ESOP & Company News|
Employee ownership is one of the main pillars of the culture that has kept us going through our 55+ year journey as a company. Cisco-Eagle doesn’t just hire employees; we are employee-owners. We annually recognize one team member as our Employee-Owner of the Year, someone who particularly demonstrated what ownership can do for a team and a company.
For 2025-2026, that winner is Markus Green.
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In the data center world, everyone obsesses over virtual agility. Millions are spent on scalable architectures, software-defined networking, and high-spec power strips. But for some reason, when it is time to carve out the physical floor, people revert to nostalgic construction methods.
If you are running a facility, you know the drill: the only thing you can count on is that things will change. You’ll get a request for more space, more power, or more isolation. If your physical footprint is built with permanent solutions like drywall or heavy sheet metal, then you are building future bottlenecks.
Posted in Security|
Warehouse efficiency doesn’t fail all at once. Instead, operations slow down quietly. A few extra steps per order. A little more reaching. More waiting. Congestion forms up when you’re not thinking about it. Over time, the operation becomes heavier, less fluid, and more expensive without anyone noticing exactly when it happened.
In many cases, the cause isn’t labor, effort or faulty equipment. It’s geography.
Posted in Order Picking & Fulfillment|
Warehouse buildings have been getting taller: what was once a 16 to 18 foot clear-height facility is now commonly 32 to 40 feet. The logic is straightforward: taller buildings unlock more vertical storage, allowing operators to store more product without expanding the footprint. If you’re in an expensive, landlocked area and need more storage, you need to unlock every vertical inch. High bay pallet rack systems let you use all that air space and can massively increase storage density.
This is a good thing. Until it isn’t.
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
In this edition of the Employee Spotlight, we talk with Marlon Richardson, Safety Manager for Cisco-Eagle. We caught up with Marlon to discuss the philosophy of the “invisible win,” his journey from the Coast Guard to the ESOP, and the intuitive rhythm of a safe warehouse.
Posted in ESOP & Company News|
