Stocking an eCommerce warehouse
Stocking a warehouse with product is the first step in the journey of an eCommerce order, vehicle unloading is the key to the efficient start of the process. Consumers expect their orders to land on their doorsteps within hours of placing an order, and expectations are getting shorter and shorter. This is why eCommerce companies need to stock a wide range of products on their shelves. So orders can be fulfilled quickly.
Stock is often imported from countries like China, where manufacturing costs are low and a large variety of products are available to purchase. Bringing these products into the UK is usually done in bulk container loads. Containers are filled to the brim with mixed box sizes which contain all of the different products. The containers are lose loaded, allowing the sender to completely fill the containers, minimising the shipping costs for each product inside.
When the containers arrive at the warehouses in the UK, they need to be unloaded. As the product is lose loaded (not palletised), therefore the process of unloading is very labour intensive.
Solutions to help with vehicle unloading
North Conveyors Ltd provide solutions to aid the unloading of containers and delivery vehicles. Automating the unloading process is difficult, as there are generally a wide variety of box sizes to unload. Also the quality of the boxes is generally poor once they have travelled all the way from China. So, the focus of the solutions using conveyors is to remove as much of the non-value adding activities as possible from warehouse operatives.
Vehicle unloading solutions from North Conveyors Ltd help reduce these activities. Taking product from the point of offloading inside the container, to inside the warehouse. Therefore reducing the walking distance of warehouse operatives. A variety of solutions are available depending on throughput and budget requirements.
Solutions for loading and unloading of lorries, trucks, vans, and other delivery vehicles are also available from North Conveyors Ltd.
Vehicle Loading – North Conveyors
AMHSA – Automated Material Handling Systems Association Ltd. – AMHSA