Why You Want Your Fulfillment Service To Have A Temperature-Controlled Warehouse
A fulfillment service takes a lot of work off your hands when you sell products that have to be stored in a warehouse. However, you don't want to turn the work over to just any fulfillment service. You want to look for one that specifically has a temperature-controlled warehouse if the products you sell don't require refrigeration or storage in a freezer.
Better Preservation of Products
If the products you sell have to be frozen or refrigerated, they'll be kept in sections designed to have that amount of cooling. But for items that don't need cold temperatures, a plain warehouse shelf might be its home for a while. Storing products like cosmetics, packaged food, vintage records, and others in conditions that are often hot is not good for those products' quality. Those vintage records can warp, the shelf life of the food can diminish, the cosmetics can melt, and so on. Temperature control allows for better preservation.
Showing You Want Workers to Be Healthy
Workers in a warehouse are constantly moving, either walking, stocking, or packing. Using machinery like forklifts helps somewhat, but each worker is still going to get plenty of exercise in the course of a workday. If a non-freezer and non-refrigerated warehouse is not temperature-controlled, people could overheat quickly on hot days, and they can have minor heat illnesses even on nicer days. The weather outside should not be considered the same as what's happening inside.
Temperature Control Tends to Control Humidity, Too
You can have a warehouse that's at a good temperature internally, but if the humidity is very high, your products and the workers in the warehouse can still have a major problem. Humidity makes even moderate temperatures seem warmer than they really are, and the heat index in the warehouse can soar. The excess moisture from the humidity can increase mold growth, which may ruin products that have been stored in the warehouse for a long time, and the heat index can really make the warehouse workers feel sick. Temperature control in a warehouse often translates into additional humidity control as air conditioning and heating both dry out the air.
Even if the warehouse is located somewhere that tends to have very nice temperatures year-round, you'll want the warehouse to have temperature control. The shape of the warehouse and the activity there can quickly make the interior feel very hot. Temperature control keeps everything at more acceptable levels.
For more info about temperature-controlled warehousing, contact a local company.
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