More About Warehousing Facilities

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More About Warehousing Facilities
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Synopsis

1. Things You Should Know about Warehouse Inventory
   Management
2. Top Reasons to Use Warehousing Facilities

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Things You Should Know about Warehouse Inventory
Management

• Monitor Everything Regularly
• You need to understand that your warehouse will
  help improve inventory if you inspect everything
  regularly. You should be reviewing your
  warehouse's organization and ensure that
  everything is in proper shape. Understand that
  you can always make certain changes to improve
  the overall organization of your warehouse.
  Ensure that the stock is located in a way that
  anyone can have safe access to it. You should
  also ensure that the fast moving SKUs are not
  higher than shoulder and waist height or else it
  will be time consuming to retrieve everything.
  You may also want to have an area exclusively
  designed for damaged goods it is an important
  consideration especially if you have to deal with
  damaged goods more frequently.
• Find the Right Place for Top Sellers
• You should also take your time to determine your
  high sellers when organizing your inventory. It
  makes great sense to keep your high volume items
  or top sellers closer to the shipping area. It
  will minimize the time required to handle your
  orders. By reducing labor time, you will be able
  to cut the overall cost of managing your
  warehouse.

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Things You Should Know about Warehouse Inventory
Management

• Make Use of Cycle Counts
• It means that you should not wait for long to
  carry out inventory control audits. You will
  benefit a lot by performing cycle counts at
  regular intervals. Be sure to analyze any
  discrepancies and take necessary steps to improve
  everything.
• Work on Minimizing Unauthorized Access
• You may want to work with your staff to ensure
  that only authorized personnel gets the
  permission to walk around your warehouse. Letting
  unauthorized people hang around your inventory
  can lead to all sorts of problems.

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Top Reasons to Use Warehousing Facilities

• It offers production support
• In order to make your business a real success,
  you have to pay attention to reducing the
  production lead times. This is where timely,
  consistent production matters a lot. You can keep
  producing consistently if you know you have ample
  storage space available, and that is when you can
  choose managed warehouse facilities. These
  storage facilities offer transport logistics
  expertise as well to help you run your business
  in a more efficient way. Thanks to these
  facilities, you can have your order fulfilled in
  a timely manner, which will directly help your
  bottom line to improve.
• It helps you expand
• By using the right type of warehousing facility,
  you will be in a much better position to expand
  your business. You can use these facilities to
  store components, materials, and finished
  products. It means that there will be
  restrictions in the availability of raw materials
  or finished goods. You can manufacturer
  continuously and fulfill orders without any
  delay. You can also turn your warehouse into a
  distribution center, which leads to process
  improvement and helps your business in many ways.

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Top Reasons to Use Warehousing Facilities

• It simplifies packing and processing
• By opting for a warehousing facility, you can
  store your products in whatever quantities you
  want and have them packed and processed in a
  systematic way. You can also take advantage of
  logistics management processes to avoid any waste
  of time.
• It promotes price stabilization
• When you can use all available resources to
  produce and store goods, you do not have to worry
  too much about price fluctuations. With products
  available in your stock, you are less likely to
  get affected by the market conditions and this
  ensures price stabilization.
• It helps with financing
• A big benefit of using warehousing facility and
  keeping a good stock is that you can get your
  loan applications approved quickly. You can use
  your finished goods in the warehouse as
  collateral and borrow money to expand your
  business. This way, you can invest more in your
  business and make sensible decisions to improve
  your return on investment.

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