{"id":239373,"date":"2021-09-22T10:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locators.co.uk\/?p=239373"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:12:23","slug":"optimise-your-warehouse-for-maximum-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/optimise-your-warehouse-for-maximum-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimise Your Warehouse For Maximum Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

OPTIMISE YOUR WAREHOUSE FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>

Adopt technology and future-proof your warehouse<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Preparation is Key<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>

Refine your logistics, save time and money.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>

Investing time and manpower into your warehouse organisation can lead to long term savings. Yet, to create a productive working environment, you need to implement the correct working processes. Chief among these is improving your storage solutions and optimising the layout of your warehouse. The first step should be to evaluate how you\u2019re currently working and prioritise the changes you want to make against your budget.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What?<\/h4>

Customise your warehouse layout to your industry. Keep batches together so they\u2019re ready to ship or store items individually so they\u2019re easy to sort and send.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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When?<\/h4>

Allocate a couple of hours a week to cleaning the warehouse and reducing clutter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Who?<\/h4>

Regular staff training emphasises why organisation and layout is important<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Adopting Technology Will Future-Proof Your Warehouse<\/h2>

Gain the competitive edge with improved accuracy and efficiency<\/h4>\n

46% of small and midsize businesses either don\u2019t track inventory or are still using manual methods. However, 68% of warehouses plan to use mobile devices to manage inventory by 2018 (at least). At Locators, our solution specialists keep our client's best interests in mind. We recommend you gain the competitive edge with a barcode and scanner labelling system. It not only helps improve accuracy and efficiency in your warehouse but also makes it easier for staff to find their way around the floorplan map.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

FIND YOUR SOLUTION<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

DID YOU KNOW?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

Barcoding is at least 75% faster than manual data entry<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our five top tips for smart storage solutions<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tip 1<\/h4>

Placing high sellers or frequent items near the shipping area saves time going back and forth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tip 2<\/h4>

Label everything products, rows shelves and warehouse sections.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tip 3<\/h4>

Make sure you factor in space for forklifts to move around safely if you opt for pallet racking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tip 4<\/h4>

Maximising vertical space makes storage easier and less overwhelming.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tip 5<\/h4>

Custom shelving solutions bring problem areas to light and enforce change that\u2019s better for business.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you want to refine your logistics, save time and money? Optimise your space for peak efficiency by adopting technology and future-proofing your warehouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-advice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373196,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239373\/revisions\/373196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locators.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}