5 February 2024SIMPLEE UKWarehousing

The headaches and liabilities of hiring your own warehouse team

A practical look at the cost, staffing, space, and management challenges of running a warehouse team.

Large boxed goods being handled in a warehouse

What is a warehouse and what headaches come with it?

Warehouses are buildings where goods are stored. They are large enclosed spaces with shelves for storing goods.

Warehouses can be costly to maintain, build, manage, and store products in. Warehousing services help alleviate these headaches by providing the infrastructure companies need without requiring them to own their own warehouse facilities.

10 headaches and liabilities that come with it

Warehousing can become a major headache and liability for many companies. The most common challenges include:

Finding the right warehouse space for your size, layout, location, and access needs.
Managing inventory without creating lost sales, excess stock, or unhappy customers.
Finding reliable warehouse staff with the right skills for picking, packing, sorting, and dispatch.
Hiring enough qualified workers at a competitive price point.
Managing physically demanding work as warehouse teams age or roles become harder to fill.
Finding enough warehouse space as demand increases.
Competing with larger warehousing operations that can provide products at lower prices.
Retaining qualified warehouse workers when other employers offer better pay.
Increasing wages as warehouse workers become harder to find.
Shipping products to more warehouses, which can increase transport costs.