Warehouse Design & Process Improvement Cost Reduction Assessments

1. Poor warehouse layout & design?
2. Warehouse process flows are not well defined and therefore the warehouse looks cluttered and un-organised?
3. High cost of Inventories?
4. Computer systems not having WMS functionality?
5. Poor stock and location controls -Can't find stock for customer orders?
6. Picking productivity poor which is driving additional labour costs?
7. Regularly needing overtime to meet customer orders?
8. Stock loss is an everyday occurrence ?
9. Poor people productivity?
10. 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 have 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.

Our Clients tell us that having someone from outside of their business, with the logistics skills, experience & knowledge has brought them new found warehouse efficiencies, improved labour utilisation and reduced inventory levels. Not to mention improved Customer Service.

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We carry out Process Improvement Opportunity Assessments for many businesses, these assessments, review the complete process from start to finish including information & materials flows, warehouse layout design and all process inputs & outputs.

Lets take a detailed look at the content, Process by Process:-

1:- Customer Services - Materials Planning - Purchasing  =  Inputs & Outputs

• Here we will be looking at Inputs into the warehouse, these have a big impact on how work hits the floor.  Input Types  =  Information Flows &  Materials Inputs  etc............

2:- Warehouse - Goods Inwards - Put away - Picking - Goods Outwards - Distribution & Transport

• Here we will be looking at warehouse layout, wok flows, systems, processes, stock location management, labour efficiency & control etc............

3:- Warehouse Layouts - Measurements - Flow Controls - Short Management Close Out Session

• Here we will be looking at warehouse layout & measurements, MHE equipment , types of storage areas in use, location management systems & processes, Health & Safety controls etc.............

4:- Solutions Design Days - Work Undertaken from Our Offices

6:-  Day 6 - Full Management Feed Back Day - Senior Management Group - Warehouse Groups

Session 1 (4-6 Hrs)- Senior Management Group :-

An in-depth review,  process by process, with discussion about our findings and recommendations .

What's documented & covered for each individual process area is:-

1. Current Condition
2. Issues & Concerns
3. Process Improvement Recommendations

• These are then consolidated into a single Process Improvement Road Map which shows at a glance the areas of improvement that can be achieved.

All of our findings and recommendations are built into a dedicated Web Portal (password protected) that can be accessed by your management team at anytime from anywhere in the World.

Session 2 (1 Hr Max  - Warehouse Group :- Important People Engagement Process

1. Highlights and low lights of the Assessment Findings & Recommendations.