By Benny Lim.    Photo：Tiger Lily

If 2022 made one thing clear, is that supply chain became uncontrollable under the ravage of the epidemic, such as labor shortages, delays in sailing, port congestion, and lack of chassis led to the failure of normal operation of the railway. Buyer everywhere could not get their products in a timely manner within the delivery period, and the turnover of company was bad. These are the keys causing supply chain coming death.

Many of manufacturers and retailers were surveying for overseas warehouses and distribution centers in 2023 in order to solve and prevent supply chain disruption, which is also the most critical part in the supply chain. They depend on efficient warehouses to keep inventory flowing, track products accurately and fulfill orders quickly.

In fact, savvy warehouses can leverage these factors to their competitive advantage by turning to technology that supports the industrial warehouse, distribution centers, and even back-of-store retail environments. In addition, streamline the performance, reliability, and quality you need in your supply chain from order to fulfillment. Here are some strategies and ways to improve warehouse operations faster and more efficiently.

Improving Warehouse Worker Retention

Attract more and better potential candidates by offering better pay, compensation and benefits, thereby limiting the need to bring in employees who won't stay in the role for long. This not only saves the costs but increases productivity and ultimately improves customer experience.

Improve manager and supervisor training and effectiveness

It’s it critical that managers set the proper expectations and make sure their employees are trained to meet them.

The Quick Fix to Fulfill E-commerce Orders, when you don’t have the WMS to do It

As customer expectations around fast and cheap delivery continue to grow, supply chain professionals need to quickly modernize their warehouses for e-commerce fulfillment, while at the same time ensuring that their wholesale distribution fulfillment continues to run smoothly. An e-commerce warehouse management system optimizes pieces picking, has advanced functionality (pick to light, pick to voice, etc.), it can run on almost any device (mobile, scanner, tablet, etc.), it is easy to learn, easy to use and built for any type of fulfillment — manual or automated (robots). It also easily integrates to existing systems and can be implemented within a few weeks, not months.

Maintaining Efficiency in the Order-Picking Process

For order picking applications where, fixed automation isn’t the best option, forklifts can provide a more flexible, proven and cost-efficient alternative. Forklift technology continues to evolve, providing opportunities for enhancing and advancing order picking and don’t require significant investments in infrastructure.

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