Warehouse & Distribution Centre Design
An effective warehouse design must take into
account a wide range of factors from all areas
of the operation. The design of a warehouse can
have an impact on your overall operations. In
turn, this will affect inventory control,
process flows and space utilisation. The scope
of a warehouse design plan should encompass
inventory levels, cycle and variance in
inventory throughout the business year, cost of
space, warehouse operational management, cost of
inventory transport and flexibility for future
change adjustments in product or demand.
Supply Chain Logistics Consulting Ltd
takes all of these issues into account, when
creating an effective warehouse design for your
company. We have extensive experience in
warehouse layout design and we have produced and implemented
warehouse designs for a variety of different
industries.
Firstly, we will process map your overall
operations by collecting process flow
information and supporting data on
inter-departmental transactional processes,
company inventory strategy, planning
constraints, future plans and of course, the
proposed budget for the new facility.
In order to define your requirements, we study
the demands for the new facility in
terms of the critical operational requirements:-
- Customer
order lead-times
-
Space
requirements
- Inventory-
volume, movements, number of SKU's
- Operational
methods
-
Inventory and
storage strategies
- Inventory and
locating control systems
-
WMS systems
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- Process,
materials and information flows
-
Transportation and materials
handling needs
-
Storage
requirements and methods
- Pick face
replenishment needs
- Planning
constraints
-
Cross docking
- Added value
logistics
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We develop a layout concept that
integrates all these factors. The conceptual
3D & 2D virtual facility layout, enables
discussion and understanding of the warehouse layout design. We use the
very latest in
warehouse design tools to create
the design concept.
We then produces a number of layout alternatives.
The different options are compared and
contrasted through a detailed decision-making
process, and the most applicable layout is
chosen.
Option 1
Option 2
The chosen layout optimises:
-
Space utilisation and
operational efficiency
- WMS Systems and operations methods
- Materials
handling systems and materials & information
flows
- Setup and operations
costs
- Versatility when your
storage needs require access to large
variety of items
We will also:-
- Write specification
requirement documents for all storage
handling equipment
and examine supplier
proposals to recommend the right suppliers
for you.
- Establish inventory
and location control systems and perform an
analysis of existing warehouse information
systems.
Benefits
- Our warehouse design
effectively supports the interaction between
the warehouse and the overall organisation.
- The thorough
assessment prior to design will eliminate
duplication of old layout inefficiencies in
the new facility.
- We will
reduce walking and transport distances
considerably, rendering the total inventory
management process more efficient.
- We will match the
storage space to your company's needs while
still making the layout flexible to
accommodate future changes, using soft
boundaries where ever possible.
- Our consultants go
beyond a basic design plan, to ensure that
the design works as planned and
implementation runs as smoothly as possible.
- Typically, we will
improve productivity by 30-40%
Warehouse
Layout
&
Design
If
you
would
like
our
free
of
charge
warehouse
layout
&
design
methodology
presentation
please
email
us
at:-
info@supplychainlogistics-consulting.co.uk
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