How should enterprises control storage costs?

1, improve the efficiency of all aspects of warehousing, and establish and improve the warehousing system.

In all aspects of warehousing, due to different actual effects, the loss of labor, mechanical equipment and fuel costs are also different. Improving the work efficiency of each link can reduce the storage cost as a whole.

2. Adopt an effective storage and positioning system.

Storage location refers to determining the location where goods are stored. If the positioning system is effective, it can greatly save the time of finding, storing and taking out goods, save a lot of physical and chemical labor and live labor, prevent errors, facilitate inventory and implement the management mode of ordering at the ordering point, and achieve the purpose of reducing storage costs.

3. Adopt modern storage and maintenance technology.

The quality of the stored goods is intact and the quantity is accurate, which reflects the quality of storage to some extent. However, due to the variety, large quantity and different characteristics of commodities, the causes and specific circumstances of the losses are also different. In order to avoid and reduce the loss of goods, warehouse managers should understand the reasons for the loss of goods, do a good job in the inspection of goods in the warehouse, take effective measures and adopt modern storage and maintenance technologies.

Extended data

Storage costs fall into the following categories:

(1) Custody fee

Goods maintenance and storage costs of stored goods, including: shelf and container costs of stored goods, real estate tax of warehouse space, etc.

(2) Wages and welfare expenses of warehouse managers

The wages of warehouse administrators generally include fixed wages, bonuses and various living allowances. Welfare expenses can be extracted according to the standard, generally including housing provident fund, medical care and retirement pension expenses.

(3) Depreciation or lease fees

Some warehousing enterprises undertake warehousing business with their own warehouses and equipment, while others undertake warehousing business with warehouses and equipment contracted and leased from the society. Fixed assets of self-operated warehouses need to be depreciated every year, and fixed assets contracted and leased to foreign countries need to pay rental fees every year.

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