Warehouse Logistics

By storing excess goods during a surplus and drawing on reserves during a shortage, price fluctuations for the goods can be minimised as there will always be a constant supply available.

The additional storage space will allow more goods to be produced as you are able to store them. One example of this could be the electronics industry whereby the parts are of the products are made in advance all over the world and stored in the warehouse. Once there is a demand in the products, the warehouse may then provide light assembling services to produce the final product that can be despatched shortly after.

Some storage facilities can provide the essential conditions to store goods for a pro-longed period of time. This can be illustrated by the agricultural or fresh produce industry whereby temperature and humidity controlled warehouses help to extend the shelf-life of the crops or food that can significantly increase the availability of a certain product in the market. Furthermore, this outsourcing of proper storage allows producers to save on purchasing the equipment and facilities for storage and allow them to focus on what they do best; maximising their production yields.

In today’s age, with the advent of barcoding that puts an individualised mark on each package kept in a warehouse or transported across vast distances and software that saves the details of a certain item with a scan of the barcode, it has led to the a new age of accountability where packages bring transported or items kept in a warehouse can be tracked accurately in real-time and logistics providers can update on the goods location to consumers.

A management of logistics has also led to a wave of flexibility on the mode of transport, choice of route and choice of warehousing facilities worldwide. With a simple search, one can easily get access to different shipping lines, airlines, trucking services and warehouses around the globe. As such, logistic providers come in to aid in demystifying the problem of transporting goods by analysing the best route suited to your cargo.

With the increase of choice, there are inevitably routes and modes that will take a shorter duration to transport your cargo at varying rates. As such, it is the role of the logistics provider to source out and negotiate on your behalf for the fastest and safest routes at the most competitive prices.