Some businesses might choose to utilize new employees in the shipping and receiving area, although they may be better served to allocate pros to deal with these demanding jobs. Experienced people who know and understand the products seldom mix items that may look the same but are quite different and they truly know how to stock bins and shelves properly and therefore, work more efficiently.
The best suggestion for new staff is to start them out filling orders. This provides them with a great opportunity to learn the products, paperwork and customers along with any electronic inventory system that might take some getting used to. Moreover, it is really easy to check their effectiveness by going over their work orders once they are packed for shipment.
Because you do not want to have a lot of trucks arriving at the same time, the next step is to schedule truck arrival. By scheduling arrivals and being organized, you would eliminate pressure on shippers and receivers and also eliminate too much waiting time in the yard. The more efficiently you can plan the arrival of your trucks, the fewer dock doors you will have to operate which will save you a lot of money on utilities in the long run.
Operate with different shifts for shipping and receiving. If you can, receive products during one shift and separate your shipping to another shift. Organizing yourself in this way may allow you to reduce the staging area needs by 50 percent. You might also be able to eliminate time-wasting bottlenecks in the warehouse. Furthermore, by separating your shipping and receiving, you will know which shift to look over if any discrepancies happen down the road and can keep track of orders more effectively.
If the unloading process is sped up, this will tremendously help you out as the unloaded truck could congest your yard. According to research, roughly 60 percent of mass merchants are capable of unloading trucks in less than 60 minutes, whereas about 20 to 30 percent of the grocery industry works at a similar standard. Take time to watch and time operations in order to see precisely how your facility measures up overall.
Maintain your floors as any defects in the floor's surface can cause a forklift operator to slow down or take a detour. The uneven floors can greatly reduce efficiency. Deteriorating floor section seams or uneven floors or potholes also result in vehicle damage and wheel wear. In some cases, really damaged floors can cause loads tipping and product damage.