Some businesses might prefer to utilize new workers in the shipping and receiving area, although they might be better served to assign pros to deal with these difficult jobs. Qualified people who know and understand the products rarely mix objects which may seem the same but are quite different and they truly know how to stock bins and shelves properly and therefore, work much more effectively.
It is a good idea if you have new employees to start them out by filling orders. This provides them with a great opportunity to learn the products, customers and paperwork along with any electronic inventory system which could take some getting used to. Additionally, it is easy to check their efficiency by going over their work orders when they are packed for delivery.
Because you do not want to have many trucks arriving at the same time, the next step is to schedule truck arrival. By being organized and scheduling arrivals, you will eliminate pressure on receivers and shippers and also eliminate too much waiting time in the yard. The more efficiently you could schedule the arrival of your trucks, the fewer dock doors you would need to work that would save you a lot of money on utilities in the long run.
Operate with different shifts for shipping and receiving. If you are able to, receive products during one shift and separate your shipping to another shift. Organizing yourself in this manner can enable you to lessen the staging area requirements by 50 percent. You may also be able to get rid of time-wasting bottlenecks within the warehouse. What's more, by separating your shipping and receiving, you will know which shift to look over if any discrepancies happen down the road and could keep track of orders more effectively.
Speed up the process of unloading. This will really help you out as the longer a truck sits at your door for loading or unloading, the more congested your yard could become. Based on studies, about 60% of mass merchants can unload trucks in less than 60 minutes, whilst about 20 to 30% of the grocery business works at a similar standard. Make time to watch and time operations to be able to see precisely how your facility measures up overall.
Floor maintenance is key because floor defects could cause forklift operators to slow down or take detours. This could lead to a reduction of productivity. Deteriorating floor section seams or uneven floors or potholes also cause vehicle damage and wheel wear. In some cases, really damaged floors could result in product damage and loads tipping.