Mike McCreesh, VP supply chain UK & Ireland at global workplace supplies and solutions provider Office Depot, says it's important to view your warehouse as a strategic tool that can directly benefit service levels. Warehouse environments, typically known as 'storage cubes', can help improve supplier service levels if available space is used efficiently. This requires a balance to be struck between storing a large amount of products while ensuring that they can be retrieved quickly. The fast-moving demands of modern buyers require speedy delivery, so it is essential that warehouse efforts meet this need head-on by incorporating inventive layout and storage methods.
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