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Warehouse Layout - Small Business Specialists (SME's)

Warehouse Layout - What's the point of having or building a warehouse if you don't plan the warehouse layout and processes to there maximum potential?

Do you have warehouse design shortfalls?
Do you have warehouse space problems?

Do your Warehousing Operations suffer from Poor Productivity?

Poor warehouse layout?
Process flows are not well defined and therefore the warehouse looks cluttered and un-organised?
Computer systems not having WMS functionality?
Poor stock and location controls -Can't find stock for customer orders?
Picking productivity poor which is driving additional labour costs?
Regularly needing overtime to meet customer order shipments?
Stock loss is an everyday occurrence ?
Poor people productivity?
No visible floor controls for Input and output product flows?

These are just a few of the issues that many operations suffer, we can fix all these and many others that you will not of noticed, but are contributing to:-

High cost of operations.
Poor use of space.
High cost of stock levels.
High resource levels needed to sustain customer order shipments.

Below is a link to our Process Improvement Opportunity Assessments. Currently 60% of our work load is carrying out these assessments for customers. When complete we produce for you a full process improvement road map for your business.

Warehouse Layout

Link to our :- Warehouse Layout - Process Improvement Best Practice Solutions

Improving your warehouse layout design shortfalls

There are three key steps to getting the best use of the available space in your new or existing facility.

First, We develop two plans and two layouts - one for the short term and another for the longer term. The future plan will help you see what the best organisation and use of space will be after any expansion, and will guide us in placement of operations and equipment for the short term. The overall objective is to make the best short-term use of space within the vision of the long-term arrangement.

Second, a clear and precise forecast of planned activity levels is critical. Each area of the facility needs to be sized to fit its planned function. The sizing of each area by translating planned business volumes (sales, orders, inventories) into physical measures such as pallets, cases, and "cube" for both storage and throughput. By closely matching planned physical capacities and requirements to the space allocations, we can ensure that each area is properly sized and that all available space is accounted for.

Third, flexibility is the key to success. One way we achieve flexibility is to provide for "soft" boundaries between functions eliminate or minimise internal walls, and we are careful about placing fixed equipment or other permanent obstacles. When those are necessary, we place them where future expansion will not require their relocation

Using Lean Logistics Methodologies for:

Information Flows - Direct, Timely & Accurate
Process Flows - Direct , Visible & Measured.
Pallet Racking Styles & Layout - Flexible, Space Optimised.

Information Flows:- Direct, Timely & Accurate

Process Flows:- Direct , Visible & Measured.

Pallet Racking Styles & Layouts:- Flexible & Space Optimised.

Li nk :- To our Pallet Racking Layout and Space Optimisation Service

Business Benefits

Many times without using complex WMS technology we apply uncomplicated and effective warehouse layout methods and processes that improve (often dramatically) existing warehouse operations.

Our service will deliver:-