Organise Your Warehouse with these Top Tips…

An efficient warehouse starts with its organisation both in terms of layout and your process. Take a look at our top tips below to get started:

Ask Your Team

What better place to start than your employees; those who work on the ground on a daily basis.

Provide an opportunity for feedback and ask your employees for their comments regarding daily warehouse activity. Find out what they feel needs improving, where changes can be made, and how time can be saved with improved processes.

You may be surprised by suggestions you hadn’t even considered.

Onwards and Upwards

If you’re short on space, don’t forget that you can go upwards with Pallet Racking. In fact, many places would quickly diminish without the use of such systems.

With the correct installation and proper maintenance, pallet racking is a particularly durable and reliable system providing years of service. Well-designed and securely fitted there are a number of benefits:

• Space Saving – a prominent factor for any business it makes economic sense to use every square inch available.
• Safety – The safety of both your employees and inventory is essential. Racking will ensure you avoid the potential pitfalls of poorly stored items
• Accessibility and Convenience – Optimised to help reach stock will make life that bit easier for your employees ensuring the efficient, smooth running of the business.

Labelling

If your warehouse is home to a host of products it is worth investing in a warehouse management system to help keep everything labelled and tracked. Despite a likely significant upfront cost, the potential for improved productivity is massive.

Alternatively, put a label on your pallet systems and ensure that your employees are able to easily identify product locations with aisle markers.

Training

Quite simply there is no point in organising you warehouse if your staff aren’t aware of the processes in place.

Make sure every team member understand the systems and process and realises the importance of sticking to them to ensure an organised, more efficient, and safe environment to work in. Remember that training should be an on-going commitment and not a one-off.

You may also want to give your warehouse operative a helping hand by colour coding areas to show where different classifications of products are kept.