For many warehouse operations across the world, Christmas can be an extremely stressful time. However, it doesn’t need to be. It is common sense that Christmas is the busiest time of year for businesses all over the UK. Getting your warehouse ready for Christmas is essential.
Reasons to get your Warehouse Ready for Christmas
As a result, businesses must be running their warehouse operations as efficiently as possible. This will help to reduce costs, generate more sales, increase revenue, and maintain staff wellbeing. This week, we are focusing on the best ways to ensure that your warehouse is organised, ensuring minimal stress, maximum profits and increased safety.
Review Sales Data
If you want an accurate stock replacement, you should review the sales data from previous years. This will provide you with the necessary insight into stock popularity. As a result, you can make the best decisions for your warehouse that will avoid stock shortage and increase efficiency.
Maximise Space
This has been mentioned in many of our previous articles, but you can make use of vertical space. Whether it be a mezzanine floor or a new pallet racking system, there is so much you can do. What’s more, you may find that your vertical space would benefit from being split and zoned into separate areas. This can be done with the simple addition of steel partitions.
This is a wonderful opportunity for you to rearrange and organise your warehouse. Consider how you can improve your picking, packing and distribution to ensure an efficient business this December.
Evaluate your Warehouse Equipment
What would put you behind more than your system or warehouse equipment failures? Any failure will have a huge impact on your workflow, especially at this time of the year. It’s important to check that all equipment is suitable for its intended use. It should also be maintained to a safe condition and inspected on a regular basis. Not only will this ensure that your warehouse remains efficient but will also ensure good health and safety practices.
The Needs of your Employees
All across the world, companies take on seasonal staff due to increased demand. If you wish to steer clear of any potential hold-ups due to short staff, a recruitment agency is recommended. They can be there to make sure that your company has the staff number you require. Remember, it doesn’t matter whether your staff are with you full-time, part-time, or are simply temps. They will all need the basic health and safety training that is specific to the environment you are putting them in.
Signage
One of the easiest and most effective ways of keeping your employees well-informed is through signage. Besides, they should be in place throughout the year anyway as they must comply with Health and Safety. By law, you should have proper signage throughout the premises to protect everyone in the vicinity.
However, we highly recommend that you revisit your warehouse to ensure that all signs are in the correct place. They should also still be eligible and clearly visible amongst your stock.
Software
Looking to compete with larger companies? If so, you should really be utilising software and warehouse management systems. By implementing these into your warehouse operation, work can become much more streamlined. If your inventory isn’t managed correctly, you can find yourself facing many financial problems. Do everything you can to ensure that you can keep track of all inventory as accurately as possible.
Talk to Monarch Shelving Ltd
While you may find that these tips can be quite exhausting when put into action, they are important. If you need to maximise your warehouse storage, then look no further. Here at Monarch Shelving Ltd, we offer a wide range of storage solutions, from pallet racking to mezzanine flooring systems. To find out more about how our products can benefit your warehouse efficiency, get in touch.
