Powered Carts for Receiving

If you’re in the warehouse or distribution center business, you likely know that keeping deliveries on a predictable schedule can be challenging. Truck drivers and transportation companies have their own deadlines and agendas, which may not align with your internal priorities. What happens when you don’t have the internal capacity to handle unexpected deliveries or fail to get the items you need on schedule?

We’ve recently put together a quick 13 question “Warehouse Audit” to provide a quick way to score your operation to see how well you are doing relative to other operations like yours or in other industries with similar processes. This initial audit focuses on aspects of your Shipping and Receiving dock. Future additions will cover areas like Returns, Replenishment, Picking and more.

The “Merry” part of the Christmas season can often be forgotten quickly when the first trucks show up at the receiving docks with mountains of returns. There is nothing worse as a retailer than experiencing the feeling that your products were “unwanted”, but if you do it right, returns processing can be a positive for your customers and your bottom line.