The document provides ten tips to improve warehouse productivity, emphasizing the importance of optimizing floor plans and shelving options, as well as strategic product placement. It also highlights the benefits of implementing technology such as voice recognition and warehouse management systems to enhance efficiency. Lastly, it stresses the need for safety, cleanliness, and continuous assessment of replenishment strategies to maintain smooth operations.

1. Improve your
warehouse
productivity
Our top ten tips

2. You might not need to move to a bigger warehouse,
you might just be using space poorly.
You should review your floor plan constantly to ensure optimal efficiency.
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Optimise your floor plan

3. Two-tier, mezzanine, floor to ceiling, rolling shelves, mobile
shelves: there are many options available.
The best shelving options gives you the chance to expand easily.
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Shelving options

4. Place the highest selling items in the easiest spot to access.
Put products that sell together near one another.
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Product placement
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5. Installing voice recognition technology can help improve how
quickly your workers interact with your warehouse infrastructure.
Voice command technology provides huge benefits where workers have to
use both hands, or handle dangerous materials.
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Voice commands

6. You’d be surprised how much good lighting affects both the
mood of workers and their productivity.
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Lighting
As your floor layout changes, so too should your lighting configuration.

7. Optimise routes for runners by fulfilling multiple small orders at once or
by group and then sorting into separate orders at the verification stage.
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Pick process systems

8. It helps pickers know exactly where products are. Some warehouses have
installed several label printing kiosks so runners can print them anywhere.
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Label everything
HATS
PANTS
PANTS
T-SHIRTS
T-SHIRTS
HATS
HATS T-SHIRTS
PANTS

9. Balancing replenishment with picking ensures staff groups are not
waiting on one another.
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Replenish
Determine the optimal trigger points for replenishment of stock and do cycle
counts once every few months, not just a count at the end of the year.
Replenish!

10. Warehouse management systems can be anything from handwritten
notes to Excel spreadsheets to tailored IT systems.
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Software and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Software options exist for any number of things, such as inventory management,
labour management, scheduling equipment maintenance, shipping, cross
docking, barcode reading etc. Software often makes business sense in theory,
but continually assess ROI.

11. Appoint fire wardens
Adhere to regulations
Always assess risks
Keeping the warehouse clean and safe not only protects staff,
it protects your business.
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Safety and cleanliness
Cleaning up can also uncover lost or missing orders.

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