Peak season is the busiest time of the year for most businesses, with a surge in events that are used by retail and ecommerce to drive sales. This means it is essential for businesses to ensure their warehouses are optimised to handle the demand. Here are some tips to help maximise efficiency and minimise disruptions.
Inventory planning is a great place to begin your optimisation processes:
Historical Data: By loo back over the previous peak season, you will be able to better forecast what is going to happen with the one that is approaching. This makes it easier for you to put things in place to meet demand.
Industry Trends: Now more than ever things change fast, it’s import to always follow industry trends that could have an impact on your business and how it operates.
The packaging you select can have a big impact on your packing processes, warehouses that understand the right packaging for their products and their environment have the most success:
Minimalist Packaging: Your packaging should be large enough for your product to protect it. B using only the amount of packaging you need you will save valuable space.
Reusable and Recyclable: By using packaging materials that are recyclable and reusable means you’ll save on cost and waste.
Customisable Packaging: Using packaging that is customised to your products requirements. By having packaging customised it will ensure the right fit, and adapt to different sizes and shapes.
Packing techniques are crucial to protecting products during storage and transit. Not getting it right can result in loss of products, increase in costs, and losing customer loyalty.
Here are some packing techniques that help protect products and prevent loss:
Organising your packing workspace, is a great way of ensuring that you operate efficiently and accurately during peak season.
Warehouses are interpenetrating more and more automation into their operations.
To find out more about optimising your packing process and warehouse efficiency ready for peak season, contact us today.
