[PL] How to arrange and divide a warehouse?

A well-organised warehouse is a guarantee of success in the trading and shipping industry. You will find some tips on how to arrange your warehouse in the article below. In this way, you will be able to optimise your logistical processes, improve the work of your warehouse keepers and manage your stock more easily.

Designing a warehouse – is it a difficult task?

The right warehouse layout is the first step to optimising your company’s operations. Preparing a properly functioning warehouse requires the creation of a comprehensive action plan. At this stage, you need to consider several key factors:

• the best possible use of space for storing goods,
• easy access to products, which speeds up packaging,
• high rate of possible rotation of goods between racks,
• flexibility in terms of product placement and control, e.g. for inventory.

You have no experience in organising storage spaces, and you do not know what the basic technical warehouse equipment? In this situation you have only two choices. Get help from professionals in optimising and organising your warehouse space or read tips on how to set up your warehouse so that it runs as smoothly as possible.

More on, how to equip your e-commerce warehouse you will find in the RAJA guide. It’s a collection of solid information and tips to help you equip your business with the necessary machinery, accessories and warehouse equipment.

How do you divide your warehouse? Learn about partitioning zones!

Optimising the layout of your warehouse space is a guarantee of success and speeds up your company’s logistical processes. How can you divide your warehouse to make it work more efficiently? It is quite simple. Although there is no universal solution to this issue, it is worth using the division into five thematic zones.

Loading and unloading zone

This zone should be used to receive goods into the warehouse and to issue shipments for dispatch. This is where the internal parts of the warehouse connect with the external ones, i.e. where the lorries pull up. A well-organised warehouse should have a clearly demarcated loading and unloading area.

In this case, it is necessary to invest in intermediate ramps, connecting docks and exit gates. Workers in this sector should have access to pallet truckspallet trucks, warehouse trucks and basic warehouse warehouse accessories.

Receiving area

This is the sector in the warehouse where parcels delivered by courier companies are received. It is worth bearing in mind that this area should be separate from the rest of the warehouse. In this area, warehouse staff not only receive goods in stock, but also carry out verification, quality control and sorting.

In the receiving area, the necessary equipment includes boxes and storage containers, storage racksas well as steel racks. Employees responsible for receiving goods in this area usually also use barcode readers. After a thorough verification of the incoming items, they are transferred to the storage zone.

Storage area

A well-prepared goods storage area is essential. Products stored in the warehouse can be stored in various places: on the floor or on storage racks. In fact, the way the storage area is organised depends on the scale of the company’s activity.

If your company mainly ships on pallets (as well as receiving goods), it is advisable to use professional pallet racks that can withstand enormous loads. For storing general goods, it is better to invest in standard racks and storage trays and boxes.

Picking area

The picking area is where goods are stored that are in use during the packing stage of customer orders. This sector should also be located in a specially designated area.so that there is no confusion between the stored goods and those to be dispatched. Otherwise, there could be discrepancies in stock levels or irregularities in parcels being dispatched.

Shipping area

The shipping sector is the last place where parcels end their run in the warehouse. Once the goods have been collected and sealed in cardboard boxes, the parcels are transferred to the shipping zone. Here, the parcels wait to be picked up by the courier company and further transit – directly to customers.

How do I organise the warehouse to keep it tidy?

The organisation and division of warehouse space is crucial in terms of not only the speed of order fulfilment, but also the ability to keep the hall tidy on a daily basis. Arranging the warehouse for reorganisation purposes can be broken down into several steps.

1. Draw up a plan of action. You can draw a new diagram of the layout of shelving, storage equipment and the workstations of individual employees.
2. Determine what equipment is worth investing in to make it easier to relocate goods and store them more safely, such as on warehouse racks.
3. Carry out an inventory of goods. This is essential to keep your storage space in order. The new order requires zeroing out stock levels that were not in line with reality.
4. Choose the most sensible technological layout for your warehouse. You can opt for a bagged, pass-through or angular warehouse. The former divides the warehouse into three zones: two dynamic and one static. The pass-through system is the ideal solution for larger storage areas, while the angular system will work well where the greatest storage space is required.

The above tips are just a few, how to keep order in your warehouse and keep an eye on the increasing number of goods coming into storage. Remember that the basis of organising your storage space is planning. Without properly distributed tasks, you will not be able to achieve your goals and optimise your company’s processes.

Warehouse layout and logistical processes – why does good organisation matter?

Modern companies involved in e-commerce and shipping goods from their own transhipment centres are constantly investing in innovative methods to reorganise their warehouse operations. This not only involves investing in modern equipment and technological solutions, but also constantly planning and relocating goods between racks.

Remember: streamlining the processes of receipt, distribution and packaging of goods in the warehouse is the basis for future success. In this way, you can also reduce your operating costs, and this opens up new opportunities with regard to investment in new warehouse space and business development.