Topics: Warehouse Management

I’m going to tell you a story about cloud-based inventory management. About three years ago I loaded up my backpack and left for Ireland with little more than a wallet and camera. By the end of the trip I had stuffed my belly with pasta from Italy and beer from Germany, lips permanently stained red with French wines, a notebook stuffed with train tickets and stories, and a laptop full of pictures.

You may now be wondering how this relates to cloud-based inventory management. As you may, or may not, have guessed, cloud storage is something I probably should’ve considered using to preserve all of these memories and keep them safe. You guessed it. Ten thousand pictures, three months, and some 10,000 miles later… all I had were the memories.

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Since breaking into the eCommerce scene in 2011, we at SkuVault have worked hard to help our clients grow their retail businesses. In doing so, we’ve seen many retailers fall by the wayside. The most unfortunate part of seeing retailers fail, is seeing those retailers fail because they are all making some of the same common, and preventable mistakes.

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In a complex warehouse environment, warehouse workers often have to deal with several customer orders simultaneously. If he’s inexperienced or incapable of handling pressure, the outcome can be disastrous. Even experienced warehouse workers aren’t immune to errors fatigue sets in, or when dealing with a convoluted user interface or unnecessarily complex warehouse processes. Each mistake results in the retailer not delivering the products needed to satisfy its customers’ shopping needs. We’ve collected the following best practices to help keep your warehouse workers on task, and to help them perform to the full extent of their capabilities.

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