No doubt Christmas has presented plenty of challenges for your business, especially when it comes down to where your stock is kept or where the manufacturing of your products takes place.

With the new year rapidly approaching, it can be a good time to begin planning for combatting next year’s storage needs. With many more people ordering items online than ever before – and it sure to continue – it is time to revamp the overall design and pallet racking needs.

Not only does a mezzanine floor or warehouse storage equipment system double the usable space in your warehouse, but they are installed to be extremely safe also. If your existing pallet racking or commercial shelving is outdated and much older than it needs to be, it may not be as safe as it was once installed, to begin with.

Order

After the Christmas rush is over, there is a week or two of having to get your warehouse back in order. A tidy warehouse is a great start to the new year, getting things back to an organised state to improve stock flow and order fulfilment.

Your warehouse processes should grow and adapt to suit your business moving forward. Spending some time at the beginning of the new year to identify ways to improve your stock flow can save many hours much later on. This includes listening to your workforce who are mainly the first people to know when certain aspects need improvement.

Review Safety Plans

Your workplace will be in a constant state of change as every year passes by, so it stands to reason that your workplace safety plans need to update with them.

Typically these are among the last items a warehouse owner thinks of when change is occurring, but the need to constantly develop a comprehensive and detailed plan to help protect your employees and stored products are essential. Look over your last safety plans to make sure they fall in line with whatever changes have been instigated over the last 12 months.

Update Racking

Even though pallet racking is made from very tough and durable materials, any damage sustained throughout the Christmas rush or overloading from too much stock can cause the entire system to become unsafe.

With innovations in warehouse storage equipment or changes in your business, there is an effect on storage flow. An update of your storage systems or a simple reconfiguration of your existing system will help improve warehouse storage capacity for next Christmas when it comes to picking and storage efficiency.

For more information about pallet racking for the new year, contact the team at Monarch Shelving.