3 Ways for Improving Warehouse Efficiency

  Keeping a warehouse working efficiently to maximize returns is a major goal for warehouse management. It’s easy to assume a warehouse or a company is efficient when products roll out on time and customers are satisfied. If you’re looking for some ways to improve your warehouse efficiency, consider the following:

  Optimize all available space. Take full advantage of vertical space is more economical than expanding the footprint of the warehouse. Adding taller storage rack units and the right equipment to store items can help you keep more in the same square footage, rather than adding expansion costs. In addition, it's best to arrange various types of racking for different goods, rather than using the same racks throughout your warehouse. Storing small goods on pallet racks will waste of space.

  Cultivate effective front-line managers. Even with the rise of machine automation, your warehouse needs a dedicated team to keeps everything running. The best manager, as a leader of the dedicated team, can efficiently manage all aspects of fulfillment which will radically affect your costs, worker morale and the quality of customer order fulfillment.

  Avoid overstocking by tracking inventory. The adoption of lean inventory for your warehouse is just as important as it is in manufacturing because the excess inventory will take up valuable floor space. According to figures, maintaining inventory costs 20 to 30 percent of its cost. You can equip the employee with racking devices to stay on top of inventory and reduce costs.

  With smarter warehouse management and the right storage equipment, you can improve warehouse efficiency simply while reducing warehouse costs. Consider Spieth Storage to enhance your existing Warehouse Management System.