4 Ways to Better Manage Your Food Distribution Warehouse

Jerry Matos, Product Specialist, Cherry’s Industrial Equipment Warehousing can be a rather complex business and one area in which this is especially true is in the food distribution business. Strict regulations and standards abound and along with that is the goal of enhancing both safety and efficiency to the distribution process. Fortunately, plenty of opportunities for new efficiencies are available.  Below are four essential ways you can better manage your food distribution warehouse. 1. Use the Technology That’s Available Warehouses today have the benefit of a technological boom that is making tracking and stocking more logical than ever. You have access to machines and software that drastically improve your ability to store and move items in your warehouse. Here are just a few: Tracking software: Logistics software can help you organize materials and group them in ways that make sense. You can also better track where items are within your food distribution warehouse, how long it’s been there and where it should go next. Sensors: Like tracking software, sensors help you keep tabs on materials within a warehouse. Not only do they help with immediate tracking and shipping tasks, they give you valuable data that you can use to be more efficient going forward. How long are food materials in any given place? How many times are they handled? Does your current shipping and storing system make the most sense? Robotics: Automation is a huge trend in manufacturing overall. It’s finding a home in warehousing, as well. Robots don’t suffer from fatigue and they are incredibly accurate. You can significantly improve your food distribution efficiency by reducing human error and increasing overall speed. 2. Invest in High-Quality Pallet Accessories In food distribution, the use of pallets is inevitable, so it only makes sense that you would use the best options available. […]