Cost-cutting measures

This was the finding of a survey of warehouse operators, carried out for Warehouse Management System (WMS) vendor, Access Delta,  by Redshift Research. It is the subject of an accompanying White Paper: ‘War on Warehouse Costs’. Redshift Research conducted the survey among 132 warehouse operators across manufacturers, wholesalers and 3PL warehouse services providers. 

Online ordering, pick and pack operations and waste were found to be areas where companies are likely to be more successful at reducing their warehouse costs if they apply technology appropriately. 

Robert Hodgson (pictured), supply chain divisional sales manager at Access Group, commented: "The ‘War on Warehouse Costs’ white paper, and the survey on which it is based, show that companies applying technology are getting to grips with reducing the cost of running warehousing operations. Integrating communications technology with WMS will reveal clearly where warehousing costs can be reduced and help businesses to tackle them. Appropriately integrated software makes operations more efficient and less manual, saving cash in every area –Cost-cutting measures from the cost of mispicks and returns to the overtime and weekend working costs of periodic stock checks.”