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Question answered in Quora - How do I manage the surge in warehousing requirements during peak perio


Here are some things you can do, we go through that every year here in the US, they are

1 - Black Friday sale

2- Christmas to some extent

3- Back to School

Here are the things that can be done

1- Hire temp workers to increase the throughput during that time

2-Make sure all these temp workers have tools to do their job, like the scan guns, fork lifts, safety equipment etc

3-Make sure these temp workers are fully trained as well, they know what they are doing and what functions to execute especially when all the orders are flowing through in such a fast pace

4- If needed rent additional space only for the two months,

5- Try your best to understand what is coming in and then identify SKUs that are really fast moving during this time for and have processes to handle them effectively, for example the pencils, Pens, erasers, notebooks those are shipped a lot in bulk, so it would make sense to have some fast moving bins or separate cordoned off areas locations to fulfill orders that require those items for example processes around 1Z items/orders

6-Also make sure all the systems you use are fully functional to its top speed, so that way you can work at the highest pace shipping orders

The last thing you want is the thing to fail and you guys not shipping your orders.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Puga Sankara is the CEO and Founder of Smart Gladiator. Smart Gladiator is an ATDC Georgia Tech company, Smart Gladiator's award-winning product LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is an Enterprise Photo Documentation System that is enjoying tremendous traction in the Supply Chain Community. LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is a patent pending Centralized Cloud based Enterprise Photo Documentation System for Supply Chain. It is built on the premise that photos and videos are vital documentation serving as compelling proof of important operations performed in the supply chain within and across organizations. These operations may be related to fulfilling customer orders, meeting contractual obligations, or transferring merchandise across different parties taking part in the Supply Chain operations. LoadProof is as important for your organization as an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which is an enterprise system of record for critical documents such as Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Contracts between parties etc. that have tremendous legal ramifications, or a WMS (Warehouse Management System), that holds indispensable information related to orders shipment/fulfilment data. Just like Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat have evolved into platforms that enable individuals to showcase how pretty they or their clothes are, LoadProof is a similar Enterprise system of record that holds photos, not so much for show off, but to serve as compelling, unequivocal, thoroughly documented proof, even in the court of law when there is a dispute between organizations while they perform many facets of their functions/operations, as well as for increased visibility and transparency within the Supply Chain. The capabilities of LoadProof are discussed in detail in the next sections of the document below. LoadProof is live in 460+ Sites, 250+ corporates, 13 Countries.There are more testimonials in this link here also https://www.g2.com/products/loadproof/reviews. Learn more here on our YouTube channel,  https://youtube.com/@smartgladiatorloadproof  & also here in LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartgladiator/

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