Improve Warehouse Efficiency

Inventory Management: Key Questions to Ask

April 19, 2024

For a wholesale distributor, effective inventory management is crucial for maintaining profitability and meeting customer demands. Here are some key questions to ask about inventory

How to Build Smarter AI Chatbots: A Comprehensive Guide

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Women in Distribution Featuring NSA’s Mary Bennett

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In the distribution space, acknowledging the contributions of leaders and innovators is vital for understanding the evolving dynamics of the industry. As the global marketplace

Measure and Manage Critical KPIs

Before you know whether or not your warehouse is reaching your key business objectives you need to first determine what your KPIs (key performance indicators) are. When you have established goals you can measure how effectively you are achieving them, or not, and which areas you need to focus your improvement efforts on for the biggest impact.

Invest in an Experienced Warehouse Manager

Experienced warehouse managers can increase efficiency across all areas of the business, including:

Creating and managing a warehouse inventory management system

Optimizing warehouse storage for products

Ensuring good employee morale

Establishing processes for prompt order fulfillment

Finding technologies and procedures to save time in daily operations to improve performance lower labor costs

Have Employees Contribute

Many warehouse leaders make the mistake of failing to include the warehouse employees in discussions for improving warehouse productivity and efficiency. Employees are intimately involved in the daily process for the organization and can offer insight into areas that could be improved. Have a monthly meeting to discuss improvement ideas with the entire team and consider implementing new procedures based on the information gathered from the meeting.

Update Your Warehouse ERP Solution

If you’re operating with an older ERP solution you are probably missing out on a number of features provided with modern ERP systems that can improve your warehouse efficiency. Whether you go with a cloud-based ERP solution or an on-premise solution, upgrading your ERP will allow you to integrate with all of your business applications and take advantage of the many benefits of modernizing your warehouse technology.