Anyone who manages or works in a warehouse understands the importance of a well-organised area. From a simple-to-follow floorplan to implementing effective storage systems, planning and organisation are essential for productivity and safety.
Floor marking is an important element of a well organized warehouse. While workplace health and safety guidelines will often detail the location and purpose of each space, clear visual cues are just as important, particularly for new staff or visitors.
Why is Warehouse Floor Marking Essential?
Floor marking in a warehouse is essential for many reasons, including communication, warehouse organization, safety purposes, visual cues, and much more.
Communication and Visual Cues – The use of floor marking tape or painted lines in a warehouse is a good way of quickly and efficiently communicating. When used with effective signage, it can convey messages such as no-go areas, quarantine zones, traffic directions, etc.
Safety Purposes - Warehouse floor marking helps improve safety by dividing spaces, highlighting hazards, directing traffic, and conveying important safety information. When floors are clearly marked and visible with line marking tape it creates a workflow that can help prevent traffic collisions.
Warehouse Organisation - When a workplace, especially a warehouse, is organised and labelled properly, it becomes a lot easier to locate and pick stock. This is achieved with clear floor marking indicating the designated home for item, or at least identifying location by bay or shelf number.
Use the Right Colours in Floor Marking
Using specific line marking tape colours will help your employees to interpret the signs easily. For instance:
- Use yellow line marking tape to mark work areas and traffic lanes.
- Use red to inform or alert employees about a defect or a danger zone in the warehouse.
- Use black colour for work in progress.
- Blue for raw materials.
- Try using a combination of red and white when you want your employees to note the restricted access for safety reasons.
By implementing an internal line marking system at your factory, workshop or warehouse, employees know where they should and shouldn’t go or when extra caution is necessary – whether this means not entering, wearing protective PPE, or simply remaining aware.
Southland offers a wide range of line marking tapes in different colours to support you in your warehouse organisation. From heavy-duty barriers, barrier tapes, and floor marking tapes, we’re here to boost your safety, improve workflow processes, and increase efficiency throughout your facility. For a complete range or products, see our website at https://www.southland.com.au/