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Warehouse automation increases efficiency, reduces errors, and increases productivity so that you can relax during your peak sales seasons.

The trend to “green” our nation’s warehouses is driving warehouse operations to be more efficient, often through the use of automation.

Automation should be a long-term investment that creates an efficient, profitable warehouse. Never overlook quality and service standards before you make your choice--that short-sighted error could end up costing you more down the road.

Companies face the dilemma of hiring additional personnel to in the warehouse, increasing the overall cost of labor. An automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) is the perfect “worker” to decrease labor costs, increase inventory and shipment accuracy, and creates a more efficient warehouse.

Warehouse management is complex, but done right it can reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction and increase warehouse operational efficiency. It’s simple to improve warehouse operations with the adoption of good warehousing practices. Here is a list of the top 11 ways to improve operations by adopting just a few warehouse management best practices.

It isn’t easy to manage a warehouse, but it is easy to overlook some of the more common issues that sap productivity and increase costs. Read on to learn about the five most common mistakes in warehouse management