Dianne Pajo
As the holidays draw nearer, it’s time for every business to start making preparations. One of the best things you can do is get ready to speed up your shipping process so that packages get delivered on time. Follow these tips for boosting warehouse shipping productivity.
Get a Folder Gluer Machine
As the name implies, a folder gluer is a type of machine that folds and glues boxes together. Some folder gluers can make upwards of 400 boxes per minute, which is a lot. If your staff members feel stretched a little thin during the holidays, a folder gluer can help alleviate the burden of simple tasks like making boxes. Just remember to follow best practices for splicing folder gluer conveyor belts together to optimize production.
Plan Out Your Path Picking
Path picking is the name that describes how a person can most efficiently make multiple stops on a route and end up at their destination. If you’re filling orders, you can benefit from path picking because it can help optimize the routes your employees take gathering items to ship.
Group Top Sellers Together
To help make path picking even faster, it’s a good idea to group your top selling items in the same place since a large percentage of your orders will include these items. As your top sellers change, be sure to swap out the items in this section.
Play Music To Boost Worker Mood
This may sound like a piece of trivial advice, but there’s actually research to back it up. If your warehouse it quiet enough, you can play some music that your employees like to keep spirits high. More enthusiastic workers are naturally faster at their jobs.
Group Small Orders Together
It’s far more efficient for your workers to gather items for multiple small orders at the same time than it is to do all of them separately. Simply gather all the items for the orders in one place and separate them before shipping to save time and energy.
Shipping around the holidays can be stressful and slow. Even though you can’t control every step of the process, you can boost warehouse shipping productivity using these tricks. Your customers will appreciate your extra efforts.
