Food and Beverage Warehouse Management

Whether your company ships food and drink locally, nationally or internationally, you face unique challenges when it comes to meeting the expectations of retailers and customers. You need to ensure your products are stored and transported in ways that prolong their shelf life and maintain their safety and integrity. 

Your warehouse design needs to keep inventory in the right conditions and allow for appropriate product rotation. You also need a warehouse management system that facilitates order picking and minimizes labor issues.

Siggins offers automation and mechanization solutions to food and beverage companies that allow for full and partial pallet loads while optimizing order picking and inventory storage. Learn more about how our food factory design consultants can optimize your warehouse.

Common Food and Beverage Industry Challenges

The food and beverage industry faces challenges that impact product quality and the distribution process, including:

• Product variance: The food and beverage industry is vast, and product options range from fresh meats and produce to shelf-stable snack foods and canned drinks. Some products have uniform sizes. Others, like fresh vegetables, can vary considerably. The differences among products can make it challenging for companies to determine how much space they need and how to best use that space.
• Temperature control: Storing products at the correct temperature ensures they have an appropriate shelf life and are safe to consume. Temperature needs vary widely. Some products must be frozen, others refrigerated, and others stored at room temperature.
• Transportation: Some food products must travel considerable distances before reaching a retailer or consumer. Along the way, the food needs to be kept at the right temperature and packaged to ensure it arrives in the appropriate condition.  

Food and Beverage Warehouse Solutions

Siggins can apply automation solutions for full and partial pallet loads. Explore some of our solutions for food and beverage companies.

Autonomous Lift Trucks

Your company can automate the transport and retrieval of pallets with autonomous lift trucks. The trucks offer many benefits, including 24/7 operation. You can integrate the trucks into your operations and use them to cover several shifts. The trucks charge between tasks, ensuring they function across all warehouse shifts. 

Autonomous lift trucks also help to minimize product damage when pallets are removed from trucks or stored on warehouse shelving.

In Motion Weighing

Food products can vary in weight and size. A checkweigher automatically weighs packaged commodities, ensuring they are within the specified weight range. If your company produces products that don’t have a uniform size, using a checkweigher allows you to accurately calculate the weight of pallets and minimize the chance of under or overpacking.

Contact Us for Food and Beverage Warehouse Design and Solutions

Technology is streamlining the warehouse management process for food and beverage companies. Through our warehouse design services and other services, Siggins can help your company make the best use of the latest advances. Contact us today to talk to one of our design experts.