There are many good reasons to outsource your warehouse's packing and crating tasks. Here are just a few that deserve your attention.
Quickly Scale Services Throughout the Year
It can be tough to balance your packing and crating needs with your company's manpower as customer needs change throughout the year. During slower times, you may have to pay more than is necessary for manpower so that you don't have to let anyone go until business picks up again. When business suddenly picks up, you may find it hard for your staff to keep up with packing and crating demands.
When outsourcing your warehouse's packing and crating tasks, you can quickly and easily scale the services as you need to without having to worry about laying employees off or becoming short-handed at any point through a given season. You can ramp up or slow down by giving a couple of days' notice to your service provider.
Improve In-house Production Levels
Outsourcing your packing and crating tasks will free up the time of your employees so they can focus on other tasks that must be done in-house. This should result in improved production levels and therefore higher profit margins at the end of the day. You might be able expand your warehouse's service offerings to customers and introduce an entirely new department to your warehouse since you'll have the extra manpower to run it. The freed-up manpower may even enable you to take on more customers and increase your manufacturing potential as time goes on.
Save Your Company Some Money
You can also expect to save your company some money over time when working with an outsourcer to handle your packing and crating needs. Sure, you will have to pay for the outsource company's services, but you won't have to worry about things like worker's compensation and paid vacation leave. You'll also spend less on supplies like paper towels and soap to accommodate the needs of in-house packing and crating employees.
You may also be able to turn some full time employees into part time employees once the packing and crating tasks are outsourced, which can save you quite a bit of money on payroll costs throughout the year. You can even expect to save some money on equipment maintenance, since you won't need your packing and crating equipment anymore. In fact, you can make some money by selling your old equipment to other warehouses.
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