WAREHOUSING TIP OF THE TRADE: If You Can't Get Bigger, Get Better

摘要

Learn how to increase storage capacity when expanding your facility isn't an option. Industry analyst firm Forrester has predicted that online sales will account for 17% of all U.S. retail sales by 2022, up from a projected 12.7% in 2017; this online sales rate is five times faster than the projected offline sales growth. With the explosion of e-commerce trade, warehouses are having a major capacity crunch. E-commerce orders are characterized by a low quantity of many items or just a singular item, whereas previously warehouses were organized to handle large volumes of each product, which were then shipped in bulk to brick-and-mortar stores around the country. In an e-commerce oriented warehouse, huge quantities of SKUs exist, each needing their own specific space or slot.