Warehouse Performance: Discovering and fully exploiting potential in the warehouse (Part 1/4).

"Warehouse Performance! Let's start like this: Every warehouse - whether large or small, manual or automated - performs. Now, the point here is not to evaluate the performance of your warehouse. Rather, we're showing you ways to improve your warehouse performance. We asked ourselves the question, "In what ways do we manage to change the picking process so that it measurably improves?" However, as a warehouse management software provider, we can only talk about the ways where warehouse management software can assist to improve warehouse efficiency.

Especially in large warehouse facilities with several levels, aisles, storage spaces and lots of items, companies repeatedly waste far too much potential. To put it bluntly: Those who reserve order after order arbitrarily or pick solely in the order of order entry or priority lose efficiency. Our recommendation for the best possible performance in the warehouse is not to run faster, but to store, plan and pick more efficiently. But what needs to be improved, or in other words, what is the best way to start? In our opinion, there are 3 possible optimization phases under the keyword "Warehouse Performance":

1. optimization of inventory reservation
2. Optimization of batch planning
3. Application of the "Warehouse Healing®" strategy

Your benefits: shortened delivery times, increased customer satisfaction, relieved employees and increased efficiency in the warehouse.

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Would you like to learn more about the individual phases for optimizing your performance in the warehouse? Then read the next blog posts part 2 - 4 or contact us.

Part 2: Warehouse Performance: Shortened picking paths with optimized inventory reservation.

Part 3: Warehouse Performance: Get rid of unnecessary walkways with the right batch planning.

Part 4: Warehouse Performance: Being smart and getting the most out of picking.