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The Shelving Blog
2w ago
With today’s ecommerce landscape being what it is, outsourced fulfillment has become a common resource for many smaller online retailers.
Outsourcing your fulfillment can offer several advantages – faster delivery times, easier order handling process, more able to offer wider inventory, and the like. Accordingly, smaller ecommerce retailers have found themselves increasingly turning to local warehouses to handle their order fulfillment in a faster way than they might’ve been able to on their own.
This increased need for fulfillment can create a lot of opportunities for warehouses t ..read more
The Shelving Blog
2w ago
As the English author Douglas Adams once said, “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
If you’ve been a warehouse manager, designer, or staff member for any amount of time, this quote probably hits home a little more than you’d like. Warehouses of any type, from retail to pharmaceuticals to food storage, all have their own KPIs and deadlines they need to hit for the sake of their overall supply chain, as well as their relationship with their partners.
Anyone who has to manage KPIs, however, knows this is often easier said than done. There could be many causes f ..read more
The Shelving Blog
1M ago
No matter how well-staffed your warehouse might be, or how hard your teams work, every warehouse will encounter a few slower periods.
These lean periods can stem from a combination of factors, both internal and external. No matter what the cause, the impact of reduced productivity on your warehouse can have a huge effect on your business, your finances, and your teams.
What causes lower productivity in warehouses?
If your team is having a harder time getting orders out the door, it could be because of a number of root causes, including:
Poor warehouse layout: Sometimes, the simplest explanati ..read more
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1M ago
The staging area is one of the most important areas of a warehouse – and as a result, it also needs to be one of the most flexible.
As a crucial step in the process of transporting goods to their final destination, be it in the hands of the customer or simply to another distribution center, the staging area needs to be streamlined, functional, and ready to quickly adapt to whatever products come down the line.
What is a staging area in a warehouse?
Simply put, the staging area is a dedicated area in any warehouse where goods are temporarily stored, before being moved to their next location.&nb ..read more
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1M ago
Despite all the arguments about the health of the current economy, keeping any business financially stable has been a tough order the past few years. A combination of factors brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an exponential increase in nearly everything you would need to run a warehouse: transportation costs, property costs, and even the cost of manufacturing goods in and of itself.
With this in mind, there are still optimizations that nearly any warehouse can perform that will help their operations go more smoothly, helping them to maintain a more secure financial positi ..read more
The Shelving Blog
2M ago
The last time you looked around your warehouse, did you notice it was a little…flat?
Sure, most warehouses are, but the implicit or explicit focus on maximizing horizontal space could mean you’re missing out on potential opportunities to expand your current storage capacity.
A lot of warehouses try to fill up every available square inch with storage but often forget about the space above them. With the proper shelving, taller warehouses can find ways to create additional storage without taking up valuable floor space.
Here’s a few tips to help you make the most of the upwards space in yo ..read more
The Shelving Blog
2M ago
No matter how much we have in common, every warehouse is different at the end of the day.
Different products, different areas to be served, different points along the supply chain – and while the functions of these warehouses can be similar on a superficial level, the work can be drastically different too.
But, even despite these differences, there’s a few crucial supplies that nearly any warehouse can find useful in their day-to-day operations. Here’s five essential warehouse tools that your warehouse could find some use for, no matter what you stock or sell:
Five Essential Organizatio ..read more
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2M ago
Despite the ever-shifting weather and seasonal trends over the past decade, thanks to both the ongoing presence of El Nino or the more immediate effects of climate change, a sudden change in weather conditions can still have a massive impact on logistics.
From the manufacturing process to the transportation and storage of goods, your supply chain is susceptible to delays and mishaps due to inclement weather. However, with a little foresight and planning, your supply chain can more quickly recover from issues brought on by inclement weather. That is, as long as you know how the weather co ..read more
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4M ago
Every year brings with it a number of lessons for warehouse staff and management, and 2024 was no exception.
If there’s one lesson that always applies, it’s flexibility. As we all continue to adjust to “the new normal” for however long that might take, the entire logistics chain will continue to update as well.
Of course, knowing how and when to adapt is crucial to success. Here’s a few of the biggest and/or most common issues that warehouses faced in 2023, and how remembering these lessons can make the future even easier and more productive.
Lessons Learned for Warehouses in 2024 ..read more
The Shelving Blog
4M ago
Material handling is the name of the game in warehousing, but it can be more difficult to create a material handling strategy than you might expect – and even more difficult to improve it.
As warehouses are continually tasked with managing inventory of all shapes and sizes, the techniques needed to manage this shifting inventory can be tough to keep up with. Much of the focus, understandably, is on the ‘handling’ aspect of material handling, but this means the other half of the formula tends to go overlooked – the storage.
Warehouses these days need to be as versatile as possible with their st ..read more