4 Tips on Selecting the Best Warehouse Services

On the growing industry of warehousing, many believe not all can be trusted. Not all can manage your interest resulting to wasted time, effort and money. Having the best warehouse services could be achieve through following these tips. Keeping in mind that things will go smoothly once you’ve analyze your needs as well as your expectations.

Looking for the right one could be tough as you go along and learn. One can easily filter the goods ones from the bad ones through experience but not everyone had experienced such. Here are some tips to have you ground up on what needs to be done and be prioritize.

1. Have a background check

Knowing the company to gain services from is not sneaky nor bad in a way. It’s just like having a little research on the person you wanted to talk to just so you could not get their hopes way up. How to start background checking:

• Do a research on the internet. 
• Look up their former clients and ask them comments about the services. (if possible) 
• Ask for a copy of the services they offer and have a read of the services they offer. Read the fine print as well. To avoid shocking bill dues. 
• Look thoroughly if they do exercise the services you’re interested in. 
• Look for their qualifications for validity purposes. 

2. Have them send a personnel over to broadly discuss their services

If you’re still confused I could suggest you to have the company send over a personnel or a contact person to carefully discuss with you the services they offer and the benefits you can gain from them. No one can gain more than you being all careful and meticulous to details. These are question you could ask and might ease the confusion in you. 

• Do they have the appropriate adequate volume and space? 
• Do they have the right equipment handling for your products? 
• Do they practice warehouse management system (WMS)? 

"A warehouse management system (WMS) is a software application that supports the day-to-day operations in a warehouse. WMS programs enable centralized management of tasks such as tracking inventory levels and stock locations", as defined by Searchmanufacturingp.techtarget.com.

Through such system, an assurance of accurate reports could be delivered in an instant resulting to more time for other business processes.

3. Accessibility issues

You should always consider its accessibility. Will having their services be a benefit or a setback? One must specifically determine their area of need. Does the place could easily be reach? Have it in your hand to know whether they could be easily accessed. Like, ask them send over a specific amount and be delivered on the time and date expected. Also consider if they are near any port locations, just so you could benefit in your importing and exporting venture. If they could also be accessible to major highway arteries for faster delivery transaction needed in forwarding freight by land. 

4. Risk management

Do they offer insurance for the safety of your products? Though it seems like it was already given, it should still be asked whether the company offers goods insurance. There are times, they do have insurance but you’re not satisfied on what was included so to fully enjoy the services, ask and be keen on details. 

Do they have top of the line security system? If the company practices security system such as alarms, CCTV and be monitored 24/7 would be the best company to avail services from. Though insurance on your goods are already given on the table, being reliable in terms of security will be much approved by most.

This article is brought to you by Metro Combined, a leading logistics solutions that offers reliable warehousing services as well as managed you freight forwarding venture.