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ith consumer spending this holiday season expected to surpass record levels set in 2024, it is essential that businesses across logistics, e-commerce


and retail are maximising their productivity and able to rapidly upscale their operations to meet unprecedented demand. The speed of the supply chain continues


to ramp up. Consumers now expect orders within two days or less, and B2B customers  warehouses can no longer afford to have bottlenecks in the movement of stock, or inventory sat at docks waiting to be logged, unpacked and transferred to storage. 


reducing dock-to-stock time, which is the time it takes to put goods that arrive at the loading bay away on the racks, is rising to the top of the agenda. As companies look to stay competitive,


warehouse and distribution centre managers are turning to innovative tools to help them stay ahead. Phil O’Driscoll, Head of Innovation & New Product Development at Southgate, explains. “We are witnessing an increasing number of


customers turning to us for solutions to move receipts and shipments off their loading bays and into stock as quickly as possible. If you have products waiting to be received, it has multiple impacts, including inventory turns, customer service and order cycle times. Not to mention the problems it causes with space issues and congestion at the dock and in the warehouse.” Recognising this, Southgate offers a Mobile


Powered Workstation (MPW), which can be used throughout the warehouse, including at the loading bay. Phil added: “By implementing an MPW at the


dock door which has its own integrated mobile power supply used to power laptops, barcode printers or scanners, you can reduce your


BOOSTING WAREHOUSE PRODUCTIVITY THIS PEAK SEASON


By Phil O’Driscoll, Head of Innovation & New Product Development, Southgate Global


Southgate Global is helping organisations improve the flow of goods around the warehouse and boost efficiency during this peak season


processing time for each delivery by dealing with all the stock entry requirements and ERP updates at the point and time of arrival. If you’re saving around four hours a day, when calculated annually this quickly adds up to a huge saving in cost. You just wheel the MPW into a position, lock the wheels and plug your equipment into the onboard power supply.” 


 move and work anywhere in the warehouse freely. This means they can take the power - and their computer, printer, screens and other powered devices - with them. This subsequently increases the speed at which they can pick, print, pack, or audit and update their systems. With two interchangeable charging packs


which last up to 16 hours each, the workstation can be used for back-to-back shifts, reducing equipment downtime. 


to move freely around the warehouse: “Workers   and print labels, and this wasted time quickly adds up. For many of our customers, once they


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made the switch to our MPW, they found that they had freed up time they never knew existed, essentially doubling workforce productivity just by reducing the number of steps that workers  “By making the switch to an MPW, companies


can also reduce the risk of inaccurate data entries. For example, having an MPW at the loading bay means you are majorly reducing the likelihood of mis-keyed data or stock-keeping errors from scribbled notes all while eliminating walk time. Everything you need is at your  Southgate Global is a leading operational


 consumables and technical services supplier. Its expertise, sector focus, breadth and depth of equipment and consumable ranges, its expert technical services team, and its innovative  for single, multi-site and major multinational organisations.


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