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Supply Chain Impact

Posted 16 Mar 2021 · 1 Stop Rack Services Blog

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis has had a major impact on the supply chain as companies have had to change both their storage and picking operations to get purchased goods in the hands of their customers.

This has brought on new challenges as many workers are now doing the “shopping” and there is much more material handling which requires some immediate attention to get changes implemented to efficiently address supply chain order storage and fulfillment. Many retailers especially smaller companies are implementing Ship-from-Store (SFS) systems to fulfill orders from a store closer to the customer rather than a centralized distribution center so that customer experience lower shipping costs and get their products faster.

These are some of the material handling considerations to help assist with supply chain order fulfillment:

Take advantage of all the benefits that Material Handling Equipment offers by increasing picking efficiencies and storage organization.

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