Key to your logistics operations are the warehouse and storage solutions you utilise to maintain and manage stock levels and transport operations.
From helping improve the speed of your deliveries to informing you of real-time stock levels, your warehouse and storage management is a crucial aspect of supply chain efficiency.
In this blog, we explore how Cargo Express warehousing solutions can supplement your supply chain, especially if you are a growing or global business.
The Importance of Warehouse Storage When Scaling Your Business
Warehouse storage solutions are crucial for growing and established businesses alike for several key reasons. Firstly, your warehouses can act as strategically located distribution centres, enabling the swift transport and delivery of time critical goods to their destinations.
Secondly, warehouses provide a safe and secure location to store your goods and materials. Our warehouses utilise 24-hour surveillance and on-site warehouse managers to guarantee the safe and secure storage of your goods.
Perhaps most importantly, warehouse management tools can be valuable in keeping you up to date with your stock levels. This is especially important if your supply chain spreads across the globe or is split into many different stages.
How to Identify Your Storage Needs
If your business is constantly changing or you’re experiencing a period of growth, it can be hard to know exactly what you need in terms of storage.
There are many questions that need to be answered. Do you simply need a place to safely store your materials? Do you need cold storage for fresh goods? Could you benefit from smart systems and stock control software?
The answers to these questions and the level of service you may need are likely to change as your business grows and adapts. Identifying your needs now and the services you are most likely to need in future will help you pinpoint the right warehouse for your operations.
How Flexible Storage Solutions Supports Your Business Growth
Warehousing needs and demands can often fluctuate, especially for businesses that are new to the market and those with variable demands, peak periods, or a global supply chain.
There will often be scenarios in which more or less space is needed due to demand, and these changes will often need to be made quickly for cost efficiency. For example, you may need a larger warehouse space or more frequent stock checks around the school holidays or Christmas period to ensure that seasonal offerings are available.
When experiencing growth, you need to know your warehouse provider is ready to adapt to your growing needs. If you are expanding from a national to a continental or international business, your warehousing solutions need to be able to adapt to your growing needs, and they should be able to support your transport solutions to help get your materials to new locations quickly.
Cargo Express can offer a variety of storage services designed to help businesses of all sizes at any stage of their logistics journey, including pick and packing solutions, KPI reports, and specialist pallet racking.
We also provide comprehensive logistics solutions to enable the easy transport of goods once it’s time to leave our warehouse, including customs declaration services and freight forwarding for international shipments.
Technology and Warehouse Solutions
Incorporating technology into warehouse services is getting increasingly important for modern businesses. It is the industry standard to ensure that warehouse solutions are seamlessly integrated into transport and logistics solutions, but could you do with a provider who goes above and beyond in that regard?
Our warehousing services come with an easy to use, dedicated customer portal that gives you access to real-time data, including stock levels and expected delivery times. You can even schedule and amend deliveries fully online, meaning you needn’t get in touch with us directly!
You can also benefit from tailor-made, hand-crafted stock reports that can inform your future business decisions, help you adapt to customer demand, and reduce operational costs.
To find out more about the extent of our warehousing technology, read our recent blog ‘Why Technology is Crucial for Your Warehousing Solutions’ and delve into the specifics of our storage solutions!
Discuss Your Storage Needs with Cargo Express
Warehouse storage solutions with Cargo Express are modern, flexible, and scalable, making them perfectly suited for your business needs. We will work with you to deliver a tailored warehousing experience that is perfect for your needs.
Our warehouses and distribution centres are strategically located in the centre of the UK to ensure that your material can reach all major cities, ports, and airports within hours.
Get in touch with our team today on 0121 384 1323 to find out more information on our warehousing services and to see what we could do for you!