KISS - Top Tip

Our last blog post concerned the importance of warehouse organisation, in particularly labelling. After some research into effective organisational practices, I came across the term KISS (and no I don't mean lip to lip contact, or the 70s rock band!)

KISS refers to 'Keep It Short & Simple' or as some people like to call it 'Keep It Simple Stupid', though I think I prefer the first saying.

When organising a warehouse, it is useful to set up pallet racking or shelving in rows which are then labelled. For example Row A, Row B, Row C, etc. This allows for a basic organisational system whereby different categories of products relate to a letter. So, as a very basic example if you operate a tool warehouse; screwdrivers are kept in Row A, spanners are kept along Row B, and hammers are kept along Row C.

Then as you go down a particular row, you can begin to seperate the shelves relating to different types of a product which would be labelled numerically A01 A02 A03 etc... In this case, A refers to the row and the number (01,02,03, etc) refers to the shelf or bay. This allows for a more specific way of organising and categorising your warehouse products as square ended screwdrivers would be kept in A01, hex ended screwdrivers in A02 and slot screwdrivers in A03. Simple.

In addition to this simple labelling method, remember to utilise a whiteboard or database for employees to refer to so that they know which types of products can be found in which aisles.

For more information about obtaining labels for your warehouse, please see our post from earlier this week called 'Love Your Labels!'

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