Warehouses and distribution centers rely on efficient and reliable weighing data to ensure peak performance, without compromising on safety. Scales and weighing systems from Active Scale can help a warehouse by ensuring that weighing scale billing is accurate by monitoring cargo weights, tracking data and ensuring vehicles are filled to the optimum safe capacity.
The key to running an efficient, cost-effective warehouse operation that best serves consumers is to find an accurate warehouse weighing scale that will operate with an exceedingly small margin of error.
The weighing scale at the warehouse must be produced with high-quality materials to withstand the often chaotic nature of warehouse life. Luckily, technology and manufacturing continue to march forward and create better warehouse weighing scales for businesses that depend on their facilities for their profits and longevity.
The worst mistake a warehouse operator can make is to simply assume that “a scale is a scale.” While all scales do essentially perform the same function, they can be quite different in terms of how much product they can weigh, how the measurement is calculated, and how they’re built.
Scales come in a variety of shapes, sizes and types, and each one is appropriate for a different kind of warehouse environment. Before selecting from one of the many warehouse weighing scales available, here’s what business owners should know.
1. Buy a warehouse scale that goes above and beyond
Virtually every scale on the market has a rated maximum capacity that it can withstand. For warehouse weighing scales, this capacity often soars into the hundreds. Warehouse operators might be tempted to buy a scale that meets their typical package weight of, for example 800 pounds, however that leaves minimal margin for error.
Consider purchasing a scale with a rated maximum capacity of at least 120% of your typical package readings. This creates a buffer that isn’t just good for potentially heavier packages, but is also good for the scale’s durability.
2. Consider what the scale is being used to measure
The most common thing being measured by warehouses is generally a standard cardboard package full of products that are being shipped out to customers. However, there are some cases where the typical cardboard box is exchanged for liquids, hazardous materials, or other unique objects that demand a unique kind of scale.
Scales that measure liquids operate in a significantly different way than those that measure the weight of packages or machinery. Therefore, it’s important that you consider what specifically you will be using the scale for before purchasing one.
3. Consider the weighing technology used
One of the biggest differentiators when shopping for warehouse scales is the technology used to make the measurement itself.
Capacity, adaptability and special features are all important, but they must be complemented by an accurate reading of the object’s weight. That is, after all, why any warehouse operator is in the market for a new scale to begin with.
The market for warehouse weighing scales continues to expand, especially as warehouses adapt to serve changing environments. Whereas scales were often thought of purely in large, industrial terms in years past, warehouse scales are now commonly used to measure everything from high-tech products to chemicals, packages, and machinery.
That’s why at Active Scale we are devoted to meeting the increasingly diverse needs of warehouse operators, who are constantly engaging in new routines, distributing new products, and looking for new technologies.
If you’re in the market for a new warehouse weighing system, contact us today and our experts would be happy to help you find the best, most durable, and most accurate scale to meet your needs.
