Five Tips To Gain Better Efficiency In Your Warehouse
By Business Desk
Friday, March 13, 2020.
One of the hardest areas of the business to be involved in is manufacturing. It’s not because of the processes being too hard, but the efficiency that is expected of the industry is high. A warehouse has to be a safe, streamlined environment to enable products to continue to be manufactured. If you are on top of your processes, you can create a supportive, efficient environment in which people can work. There is no need to worry about things slowing down or going wrong if you pay attention to what could make your business more efficient.
Efficiency isn’t just about automating processes. You need to reduce picking error rates in your warehouse by ensuring that people are adequately trained. If your staff are educated, you can ensure that your business will move forward smoothly and reach its goals. Keeping a warehouse an efficient place to be can be done, and it can be done with the following five tips. Let’s take a look!
Maximise Your Space
It’s tempting to expand outwards when your business is growing, and you want more room to work. However, with a shift around, you can maximise the space that you already have. Make your aisle narrower and use taller shelving and storage units instead. This way, you can maximise your ceiling space instead of needing to expand outward to a new warehouse. You can increase your capacity to store more products and add more equipment, and you can do it without having to spend more money on expansion.
Streamline Your Inventory
Right now, you have to get your inventory to the loading dock to the truck for shipment. If you arrange your warehouse so that your inventory is closeby to the loading bay, you can save time by loading things faster and focus on storing your cargo. The time waste that you had before will be eliminated, so you can speed up and get things moving far more quickly.
Utilise Technology
We mentioned automation above for your warehouse, and you can absolutely invest in a good warehouse management system to track and find any freight in your warehouse quickly. When you know you can find things quickly, you will be able to do better for your bottom line and for your customers.
Offer Rewards
Human error is one of the biggest problems in a warehouse environment. People make mistakes when they’re not concentrating, tired, and distracted. You can reduce picking error rates in your warehouse with a reward system. If you know that your workforce is a motivated one, you are going to be able to work better and faster. Reward with structured bonuses, days off, extra flexibility and time spent recognising their hard work. Doing all of these things will add up to a more efficient workforce.
Call In The Experts
Lastly, you can call in a logistics expert to help you with your warehousing if you are concerned about how you are running things. Sometimes, an outsider can cast an eye over your business and tell you whether you are efficient or not – and how to help yourself.
