Order picking—as important as it is for many aspects of a warehouse, it can have a huge impact on how the needs of your customers are being met. Think about it like this: if the point of every customer interaction you have is to place an order and get them the items they need, then Read the full article…
With all the different products you need to stock and ecommerce needs you’re expected to handle, it’s no surprise when a warehouse starts to run out of room. But what’s just as common, but still surprising, is when warehouses have excess, unused space to work with. Due to a number of factors, a lot of Read the full article…
We know that in cases of maximizing warehouse space, the typical advice is to ‘look up’. And with good reason—vertical storage like pallet racks and bulk storage racks is a fast and efficient way to help store more products and keep everything a little tidier without having to move into a bigger warehouse or add Read the full article…
The new year always provides a good opportunity to take stock of what’s been working for you and what hasn’t been, and that’s just as true in the warehouse as it is in your personal life. Specifically, many warehouses these days face a lot of operational inefficiency. No matter how often you review your processes Read the full article…
As the new year rolls around, you probably haven’t gotten many chances to reflect on what worked for your warehouse and staff this year and what didn’t. Now that the dust has settled from the holiday rush and your returns have (hopefully) stopped piling up, this could be a good time to figure out a Read the full article…
The constant struggle for space in a warehouse is a tale as old as time, isn’t it? You think you’ve got everything laid out exactly where you need it and then suddenly your holiday shipments come through and you’re right back to panicking about where to put things. Even with the smartest organization of your Read the full article…
As business ramps up and the amount of stockable inventory you carry starts to rise, you may be faced with the temptation to move into a bigger warehouse or rent a second facility. This is understandable. A lot of warehouses think that a larger facility will solve most of their problems, and why wouldn’t they? Read the full article…
While it’s true that warehouses exist to safely store product over a long period of time, the actual receiving of the product can be just as crucial to daily operations. Of course, any warehouse with regular product intake can find themselves with a lot on their plate, and after a while you might start falling Read the full article…
As you can imagine, here at Shelving Inc we’re all about warehouse organization. But maybe we don’t spend enough time explaining why. Much like when your home is organized, having a clean and organized workplace can actually have a huge positive effect on your workers, both mentally and physically. These more intangible benefits can start Read the full article…
While implementing barcodes can go a long way towards making inventory management that much easier, there’s a lot that can go wrong with it. Not in a completely catastrophic way, of course, but in just enough of a way that, if implemented incorrectly, can begin to cause bigger problems throughout the warehouse, and that sort Read the full article…