We’ve just released a new feature that we’re calling Scheduled Picklist Printouts. This feature will help save your team time, minimize errors and allow you to do multi-warehouse management.
Blog tag: Efficient warehouses
Don’t leave your employees in the cold: HVAC for your warehouse
The decision to begin heating your warehouse is a big one. According to the United States Energy Information Administration, warehouses, on average, spend $0.70 per square foot on energy. Approximately half of the expense is on fuel and the other half is the electricity used to operate the unit. And though the first thing to consider is this cost, deciding on what kind of system to get is… daunting to say the least. How do you know when it’s time to get one? Once you’ve decided to bite the bullet, how do you know what to get?
User Accountability: Keeping Your Warehouse Workers on Task
In a complex warehouse environment, warehouse workers often have to deal with several customer orders simultaneously. If he’s inexperienced or incapable of handling pressure, the outcome can be disastrous. Even experienced warehouse workers aren’t immune to errors fatigue sets in, or when dealing with a convoluted user interface or unnecessarily complex warehouse processes. Each mistake results in the retailer not delivering the products needed to satisfy its customers’ shopping needs. We’ve collected the following best practices to help keep your warehouse workers on task, and to help them perform to the full extent of their capabilities.