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Benefits of Efficient Warehouse Slotting and How To Do It Right?

Written by Garret Richardson | Feb 5, 2020 5:30:00 PM

Efficient warehouse slotting has a huge impact on your facility and in this guide. When slotting is done successfully, you should have not only an efficient use of space but lower levels of handling and shorter travel times for your pickers, too. By some estimates, efficient slotting can save labor costs by up to 20%.

Why you need efficient warehouse slotting and how to do it right?

Efficient warehouse slotting has a huge impact on your facility and in this guide. When slotting is done successfully, you should have not only an efficient use of space but lower levels of handling and shorter travel times for your pickers, too. By some estimates, efficient slotting can save labor costs by up to 20%. Given that order picking usually accounts for anywhere between 40% and 60% of the man-hours in warehouse operations, those are savings that really add up…and it doesn’t cost a heavy investment in new equipment or new talent to get your slotting where it needs to be.