Throughout a company’s lifespan, they will face many instances of warehouse space becoming tighter and tighter and raising the concern that they will require expansion.

The thought of buying new space may provide a feel of your company rising in rank, but it also showcases that more needs to be spent which affects the bottom line for the company. Running out of space can lead to bad practices for stock storage – leading to inventor damage, missing orders and all damaging potential injury to staff.

To reduce cramming everything together or paying out a fortune for expansion, you could give your storage solutions an overhaul to make better use of space.

Rethink and Analyse

When your warehouse was configured, it probably was not done so with thought for the future. This leads to moments of chaos as you start to approach maximum capacity towards that initial layout.

By taking a moment to consider some options before everything cramming together, you can discover alternative ways for storage before the room is completely devoured by stock. When a quieter period rolls around for your business, it is a perfect time to plan.

Start with fully auditing your inventory to see what stock you are carrying too much of and what is not selling – it all takes up valuable space that can be better utilised with a bit of planning. Determine what you have against what you realistically need and move all of the surplus stock into storage.

Vertical and Temporary Solutions

By discussing with your staff and evaluating their training to see where things may be going wrong, you can have valuable insight into how much storage you can save or access.

You may find that building up instead of out may be the best solution open to you. It saves considerable money to invest in something that takes advantage of vertical space that is not used currently.

Narrow pallet racking systems can reach up towards ceiling level for more conventional use. Providing your forklifts can reach this level, you can stock heavier items towards the bottom and lighter items towards the top of the items that do not sell as much as those on floor level.

Better Use of Small Space

Another way you can save is by utilising rooms in the building that are not in use to stock small items on commercial shelving or other warehouse storage equipment to make them more accessible for staff.

For all industrial storage racks and office equipment Manchester, contact the team at Monarch Shelving. Create more warehouse space today!