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Here are some valuable points on how to choose a warehouse service provider

Author: Chris Gayle
by Chris Gayle
Posted: Feb 24, 2015

Warehouse services help businesses in more ways than one. They take a lot of burden off the top brass of businesses and allow them to use their efforts in other critical operations of a business rather than thinking all the time about where to store the manufactured goods and how and when to send them at their intended destinations. They also help businesses in maintaining their Supply Chain Management very well, which plays a major role in the success of a business. Thus, when they are so critical to operations of a business, it is more or less a duty of businesses to choose a warehouse service provider who would do the job best for them rather than providing this important responsibility to any ordinary service provider.

There are many a warehouse service providers in the market that makes it a bit difficult to choose a best one, as all of them provide good warehousing services in Bangalore, Pune, Delhi and in other metropolitan and urban cities of India. But still there are some who are better than the rest and it is up to you to find them and choose them as your warehousing partner.

Factors to look out for in a warehousing service provider

Here are some of the features that a warehousing service should possesses, after seeing which you should place your faith in that provider.

Security: First things first, security has to be tight. A good warehousing company should have security cameras installed that must cover whole of the warehouse besides employing security personnel.

Good infrastructure: Besides having a large storage space, a good warehousing company must possesses good infrastructure as well which includes 6 inches of industrial flooring and 25 feet of warehouse height.

Fumigation: You never know for how long you would have to keep your goods stored therefore choose a warehouse that performs regular fumigation to safeguard goods against insects and bugs. Protection against natural hazards: choose a warehouse service provider that have proper protective mechanisms in place against natural hazards such as fire, wind and water etc.

ERP enabled: Choose a warehouse that is ERP enabled as it will give you a chance to keep track of your stocks through your laptops, mobiles and tablets.

Transportation: Good fleet of trucks is the sign of an accomplish warehouse service provider, so keep this point in mind as well.

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