Now more than ever, your business is dependent on a warehouse that is fast and efficient. You need a warehouse that doesn’t lose stock and that ships orders on time and doesn’t cost you a fortune. If you are nearing capacity in your warehouse with stock in the aisles and staff leaving in frustration, if your warehouse costs are skyrocketing and you still can’t ship orders on time or accurately, or if you just want to make sure this doesn’t happen to you, then it’s time for a comprehensive review of your warehouse operations.
Warehouse Review
Sharpen The Saw!
key benefits
INCREASED STORAGE CAPACITY
Increase your warehouse capacity with better use of your racking and shelving and (optional) a warehouse redesign to maximise storage density.
ELIMINATE BACKLOGS
Backlogs of work in receiving and despatch and stock in aisles are typical indications of a lack of good process or process discipline. Uncover the causes and eliminate them.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Accelerate your performance with a digital transformation of your warehouse. Get a plan to implement the right systems and technology to automate your warehouse.
ACCURATE STOCK CONTROL
Get a clear picture of how well you are managing your stock levels. Improve your stock accuracy with better stock control practices in your warehouse.
INCREASE WAREHOUSE SPEED & ACCURACY
Get a fast & accurate warehouse with better layout, shorter pick path, and faster pick and pack processes.
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Better handling equipment will help you reduce or eliminate stock movements to increase speed and efficiency and also enable improved storage density.
Outcome Achieved
The Warehouse Operations Review is designed to help you make the most of what you already have without embarking on a major change project. We examine your existing warehouse layout, equipment, processes, and business systems and help you redesign them to improve your operational flow and warehouse productivity.
Depending on where you are currently at, you would expect to make a 10% – 20% productivity gain and have better visibility and control over your warehouse after implementing the recommended improvements. The review will also prepare you for implementation of a warehouse management system or automation in future when you are ready for the next step in operational improvement.
Issues Addressed
- Poor warehouse layout
- Clogged staging areas and storage in aisles blocking access to racking
- Space utilisation & capacity constraints
- Racking and storage systems fit with product profile
- Lost and missing stock / Poor inventory accuracy
- Insufficient pick faces & replenishment
- Long & winding pick path
- Product slotting
- Manual handling issues
- Poor layout of operations and packing benches
- Slow and inaccurate order picking
- Slow order packing and fulfillment
- Staff training and operational discipline issues
- Staff organisation, turnover and morale
- Interactions with other teams
Areas for review
- Warehouse layout and storage systems
- Material Handling Equipment
- Product storage and slotting
- Warehouse processes
- Inbound
- Internal moves
- Outbound
- Shipping & consigning
- Logistics Data
- Inventory scorecard
- Distribution channels
- Pareto analysis of stock movements
- IT Systems & Technology
- Inventory and ERP
- WMS
- Shipping & Freight
Deliverables
- On site review discussions with staff
- Logistic data collection and collation
- Feedback discussions with management team
- Data summaries of warehouse activity and performance
- Recommendations & process improvement workshop
- Warehouse Review Report
- 3D Warehouse Design
- Product slotting plan
A typical warehouse review takes approximately 2 weeks with 1-3 days on site and one to two weeks to write the report and feedback the results to the leadership team.
The scope of what is reviewed is entirely up to the client. This can be narrowly defined for a short and focused review or an expansive review of multiple warehouses in a network. Cost and duration will vary with complexity and scale.
The deliverables are guaranteed. The results depend on your ability to implement the recommendations.
Yes! Businesses that go it alone on implementation frequently fail to take any action. You only get results from action and we are experts in helping you through implementation and getting results.
