1. Optimize your operations.
First of all, inspect how your warehouse operates. Review your processes and make sure that everyone follows their protocols. Keep your technologies working and updated to make processes more accurate and consistent.

2. Do cycle counts.
Cycle counting is the process of perpetual inventory counting that involves doing inventories for small sets only. It would be best to do this for a more accurate yealy inventory. Also, remember to prioritize the most important stocks or goods first.

3. Follow target dates.
Inventory accuracy in a warehouse could surely be attained through following cut-offs and deadlines. Never let your orders arrive late. Processes that needs to be delivered must be on a calendar so the people responsible for these processes could be reminded of.

4. Do reports.
Monthly or quarterly, generate reports in the different processes and transaction made within the warehouse. It will be easy to maintain inventory accuracy when you have documents to support the system.

5. Train and inform your employees.
Not all things work through machines and equipment. The people in a warehouse should be the ones responsible for inventory accuracy. These employees should be aware of the different rules and protocols in a warehouse. They too should have enough knowledge and experience in this kind of industry.

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Here’s a brief warehouse maintenance checklist to note for a warehouse’s safety:

• Goods in safe and neatly piled pallets or boxes
• Complete and intact safety gear
• Hazard mitigation systems (sprinkler system, fire extinguisher, etc)
• Clear labels for danger zones, fire exit, and other signage
• Updated operational authorizations and protocols for machines and warehouse
• Safety drills (fire and evacuation)
• Working equipment and machinery
• Updated warehouse management system
• Unobstructed and clean aisles, ramps, stairways, loading and unloading areas
• Condition of lighting and electrical wiring
• Functional employees’ area and facilities
• Warehouse ventilation
• Monthly evaluation
• Updated floor plan in designated posts

Listed above are just few of the basic things to include on a warehouse maintenance checklist. To know more about warehouse maintenance and management, join Dr. Enrico Mina, Senior Lecturer and Director of Executive Master of Business Administration Program (EMBA) of Papua New Guinea University of Technology as he discusses on this topic on September 27, 2017 at the RCBC Plaza Makati.

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