Why warehouse markings matter

In this very short article, we’ve picked out three of the main reasons your warehouse needs high-quality warehouse floor marking, including safety reasons, productivity reasons, and for the lesser considered, aesthetic reasons.

• Warehouse markings matter for safety

  The safety of staff and visitors to your warehouse has to be a prime concern, firstly for the fact that we all like to keep people safe in the workplace, and secondly, because as a business, you have a legal responsibility to do so.

  One of the best ways to improve safety in your warehouse is with the installation of specific warehouse line markings, designed to help maintain safety in a variety of effective ways, including:

  • Making the warehouse easier to navigate – Your warehouse may not be massive, but knowing how to move from point A to point B in the safest way possible is vital, whether it’s to a stacking area, a loading or collection bay, or the exit.

    With a structured system of arrows, clearly marked-out safe walkways, and colour-coded line systems that show dangerous routes, you give workers and visitors one of the simplest forms of navigational instructions.

  • Pointing out danger zones within the warehouse – As mentioned above, the dangers that exist in a warehouse aren’t always obvious to everyone, so, having an effective method of showing those dangers is essential to safety.

    Warehouse line markings are the ideal way to let anyone know where it’s safe to walk, when it’s safe to enter certain areas, such as forklift routes, and the location of electrical charging points, chemical storage areas etc.

  • Showing safe warehouse stacking areas – Stacking correctly in a warehouse is essential for efficiency, but most importantly, for the safety of staff, and any visitors should they enter or be retrieving stock from stacking areas.

    With the right warehouse line marking layout, you can easily give clear and immediate stacking instructions, including showing which items can be stacked and where, both for pedestrians, and for forklift operators.

• Warehouse markings matter for productivity

  Productivity within a warehouse is vital, not only to help maintain profit levels but also to maintain a good reputation by ensuring clients/customers are satisfied and receive the goods they’ve purchased on time.

  To help with warehouse productivity, warehouse line markings matter because they offer a wide variety of solutions to keeping productivity at expected levels. Some of the solutions include:

  • Clear forklift routes – Line markings showing where forklifts need to operate isn’t just about safety, it’s also a highly effective method of guiding forklift operators along the most efficient routes, whether for loading, unloading or stacking, therefore helping to keep productivity to a maximum.

  • Helpful walkways – With a layout of strategically marked walkways, including markings such as arrow systems and one-way systems, your staff and visitors are left in no doubt about how to navigate safely, and in a way that doesn’t hinder the productivity of other workers.

  • Stacking system line markings – As any warehouse manager knows, having a clearly defined stacking system for staff to follow is vital to any warehouse, and there are few better ways to achieve this than with professionally installed line markings, including a series of lines, symbols, or graphics.

• Warehouse markings matter for aesthetics

  In general, warehouses can be devoid of colour and cheery décor. And whilst you may not be looking to turn your warehouse into a funhouse, a vibrant and colourful line-marking layout has plenty of benefits, including:

  • Adding to your brand awareness strategy – By installing warehouse line markings and graphics incorporating your brand's colours and logo etc. you help to create a branded environment visitors will remember.

  • Helping improve staff morale – Creating a pleasant and colourful environment with a professional line-marking layout is a great way to help improve the morale of staff and visiting clients or customers.

  • Covering up less attractive aspects – Warehouses are working environments, and don’t always look great. With a fresh line marking layout however, you have the chance to add a bit of colour and dare we say it, pizzaz!

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If you’re looking to add or renew your warehouse line markings, contact Newns Markings, one of the UK's leading warehouse floor marking, road marking, car park marking and playground marking experts.