six wider benefits of warehouse loading automation you may not be aware of

Operating a warehouse is costly. One of the big challenges of running such an operation is to keep costs as low as reasonably possible but still achieve maximum efficiency. Despite the large investment necessary for automation, you’ll strip significant amounts off your costs. You’ll be able to reduce labour costs, optimise handling and storage costs, bolster warehouse performance and lower the risks of mishandling products.

Working with heavy pallets, handling high racks, performing duties in a high-traffic environment…. these are just some of the safety risks warehouse work entails. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated manoeuvrable robots (AMRs) can both help to make your operations much safer, as can our automated loading systems, which allow you to load pallets and other goods onto trailers much more quickly but also in a much safer fashion.

Keeping customers happy is the top aim of any business, and warehouses are no different in this regard. Being able to achieve customer satisfaction is one of the chief benefits of automation in your warehouse. You can fulfil orders accurately, reduce shipping times and, in general, be more reactive, this latter being especially important in logistics today as customers become more and more demanding. Not only this, but automation also helps you deal with returns quicker. An efficient returns process is essential.

All of this creates a good experience for the customer and builds the business’s reputation. A company that is slow to get the customer’s order to them or to address returns will suffer damage to its reputation. By investing in one of our automated loading solutions, you can load your trailers quicker and get your goods out to customers or onto the next stage of their journey sooner.

Today, customers can order products online and receive them the next day or, depending on the company, even the same day. This creates a fantastic buying experience for them and has become a differentiating factor for companies. Customers know they don’t have to put up with slow delivery — and they won’t. A business that can get customers’ orders out to them sooner than others can really steal an edge on its competitors.

Getting customers’ order right, too, is a major way to ensure your customers are happy. No one wants to wait days for their order, only to find that when they receive it, it’s the wrong one. This is why it’s important to not just be fast, but also be accurate, and if you do send out the wrong product to a customer, to make the returns process as smooth as possible. If a customer has to overcome lots of administrative obstacles to receive their original order, they won’t battle through them twice. They’ll just buy elsewhere next time.